Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:00:05 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: File System for attached storage? Message-ID: <200607191900.06171.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <df9ac37c0607191655k23a3d6e8y81c050446b66a2b7@mail.gmail.com> References: <df9ac37c0607191655k23a3d6e8y81c050446b66a2b7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 19 July 2006 18:55, Atom Powers wrote: > All the modern storage cabinets have two data ports (mine has two > SCSI320 ports) so they can be attached to two servers. But what kind > of file system can you use that would make that data available to both > servers? > > Splitting the storage in half isn't an option, as that doesn't give > added redundancy. > > I've head of GFS and Coda, but I can't find any information about how > stable these file systems are on FreeBSD 6.x. > > What do/would you use to share a storage device between two servers? unless youre referring to some sort of SAN, ive never heard of a drive cage that was designed for 2 servers. what model storage cabinet do you have, and does the manual say/show it being attached to 2 servers? are you sure those 2 ports are not one for in, and one for out? cheers, jonathan
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