From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 20 00:00:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22E5E16A4DA for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:00:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from zeus.int.dfwlp.com (zeus.dfwlp.com [208.11.134.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C68C43D46 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:00:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.int.dfwlp.com (athena.int.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by zeus.int.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6K008Ns034329 for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:00:09 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:00:05 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200607191900.06171.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on zeus.int.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: File System for attached storage? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:00:11 -0000 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