From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 20 00:06:54 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 6D3B516A4DD for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:06:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from atom.powers@gmail.com) Received: from py-out-1112.google.com (py-out-1112.google.com [64.233.166.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFFF243D46 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:06:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atom.powers@gmail.com) Received: by py-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id b29so569696pya for ; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:06:53 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=PcuwbdNA+FQXfVtTbSob7zKBSn3Zi5S/NGFBkb3WtEBxyIX8b5/XWQp6Um3AZPmy6RvNo+aXpX5gtrTpJCRfrpanVwzVfWGuSFIsWwIay4dBaXOe8pt+a8mhW4alP0t6IedVd3w15h+xZsHLhuXBHRlP09gKkENn84uAne/49ak= Received: by 10.35.70.2 with SMTP id x2mr2015710pyk; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:06:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.35.110.6 with HTTP; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:06:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:06:52 -0700 From: "Atom Powers" To: "Jonathan Horne" In-Reply-To: <200607191900.06171.freebsd@dfwlp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200607191900.06171.freebsd@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 00:06:54 -0000 On 7/19/06, Jonathan Horne wrote: > 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? > > > > 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? > Promise Vtrak M300p, 12 drive SATA storage cabinet with two SCSI Ultra320 controllers. I'm almost positive it can handle two servers connected to it. But I also have a SAN cabinet (14 SCSI drives). So my question is still relevant even if the Vtrak can only have one server attached. -- -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers--