Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 07 Mar 2001 22:00:29 -0800 | From | Tim Moore <> | Subject | Re: Questions about Enterprise Storage with Linux |
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Tom Sightler wrote: > ... > For example if we purchase a NetApp Filer, or EMC Celerra with 1TB of > storage, and elect to export that entire amount as a single NFS mount, and > then use that storage to allow several Linux boxes to share 100GB > (admittedly temporary) files, will Linux handle that, at least in theory?
Linux/NFS works very well with Filers. I did a lot of throughput testing at Netapp circa 2.2.10-12 with Gigabit Ethernet (AceNIC). Why would you need to put 1TB on a single mount point?
Filers are also blessed by Oracle and can take care of the volume management and backup issues. The principle advantage is avalibility (balanced against cost of course). If you do talk to Netapp, ask for someone that has linux/Filer experience.
rgds, tim.
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