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Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> wrote:
 > I'm interested in clustered filesystems to be used for high-availability 
 >   scalable NFS servers.

For that purpose I can recommend NetApp filers (which can
be clustered to achieve HA configurations).

Not exactly a FreeBSD-based solution (although their firm-
ware _is_ based on some BSD, I have heard), and not a cheap
one, though.  But it works very nicely.

Best regards
   Oliver

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