From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 20 18:52:12 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0739D106564A for ; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:52:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpeel@thenetnow.com) Received: from thenetnow.com (constellation.thenetnow.com [207.112.4.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D15F78FC15 for ; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:52:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpeel@thenetnow.com) Received: from hpeel.ody.ca ([216.240.12.2] helo=GRANT) by constellation.thenetnow.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1MSxy6-0008fv-DP for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:52:10 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Grant Peel" To: References: <25A3192F31A344B99F50583BDC58C921@GRANT> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:52:01 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Subject: Re: NFS- SAN - FreeBSD 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: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:52:12 -0000 Hi all, I am assuming by the lack of response, my question to too long winded, let me re-phrase: What kind of performance might I expect if I load FreeBSD 7.2 on a 24 disk, Dell PowerVault when its only mission is to serve as a local area storage unit (/home). Obviously, to store all users /home data. Throug an NFS connection via fast (100m/b) ethernet. Each connecting server (6) contain about 200 domains? -Grant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grant Peel" To: Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:35 AM Subject: NFS- SAN - FreeBSD > Hi all, > > Up to this point, all of our servers are standalone, i.e. all services and > software required are installed on each local server. > > Apache, Exim, vm-pop3d, Mysql, etc etc. > > Each local server is connected to the Inet via a VLAN (WAN), to our colo's > switch. > > Each server contains about 300 domains, each domain has its own IP. > > Each sever is also connected to a VLAN (LAN) via the same (Dell 48 Port > managed switch). > > We have been considering consolidating all users data from each server to > a central (local), storage unit. > > While I do have active nfs's running (for backups etc), on the LAN only, I > have never attempted to create 1 mass storage unit. > > So I suppose the questions are: > > 1) Is there any specific hardware that anyone might reccommend? I want to > stick with FreeBSD as the OS as I am quite comfortable admining it, > > 2) Would anyone reccomend NOT using FreeBSD? Why? > > 3) Assuming I am using FreeBSD as the storage systems OS, could NFS simply > be used? > > 4) Considering out whole Inet traffic runs about 2 Mb/s, is there any > reason the port to the Storage unit should be more than 100 M/b (would it > be imparative to use 1 G/b transfer)? > > TIA, > > -Grant > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >