Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:21:09 +0200 From: Michael O Shea <micheal@com4u.ch> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: centralized storage for server farm? Message-ID: <p04320404b5947d9943c1@[10.10.10.150]> In-Reply-To: <20000714031709.A3274@futuresouth.com> References: <20000707122545.B8474@dan.emsphone.com> <PNENKIKMOHECNEIGAACBGEJGCOAA.archive@in-design.com> <20000714031709.A3274@futuresouth.com>
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>We are designing a server farm with diverse operating systems (FreeBSD, >Solaris, Linux, and Windows NT/2000) but the majority will be FreeBSD. >Can anybody recommend a high-density (fairly high number of hosts) >SCSI<->SCSI RAID solution? Ideally we can buy a box, with redundant >modules, and can scale to about 20 hosts. What are others doing on such >server farms? > >We are already considering a NetApp but NFS isn't the right solution for >everything. > >Thanks, > >Tim > Well to us it was. The NetApp sits at the back with FiberChannel to 2 3Com switches. From there many hosts mount it via NFS and CIFS. It is rock solid. -- Micheal O Shea Email:micheal@com4u.ch com4u.ch http://www.com4u.ch Breitistrasse 7B PGP key available upon request. CH-5506 Maegenwil Tel: +41 62 896 46 26 Switzerland To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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