[SGVLUG] Shared Storage Woes

[Todd Beason]

I'm using the drobo from drobo.com

Working great so far.

On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Matt Campbell <dvdmatt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nice!  I wish I had stumbled across this unit before building my own.  How
> does it perform?
>
> Matt
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On
> > Behalf Of Chris Louden
> > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 3:24 PM
> > To: SGVLUG Discussion List.
> > Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Shared Storage Woes
> >
> > I tried using an iscsitarget config on a box, was not really happy
> > with the speed. In the end I went with Coraid http://www.coraid.com/
> > AOE is pretty dang fast. You can use a clustered file system and
> > connect a bunch of systems just over a swithc. Switch must support
> > jumbo frame and work well with an MTU of 9000.
> >
> > As SANS go it doesn't get much cheaper.
> >
> > -Chris
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Solomon K. Chang <skevin521 at yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hola Luggers,
> > >
> > > I've reached that point in every sysadmin's life where he needs
> > shared storage, and realizes that NFS sucks.  Has anyone has success
> > with a shared storage solution other than NFS?
> > >
> > > I've considered looking into some cheaper SANs, but truth to tell,
> > I've never touched, much less seen a SAN up close.  How does it connect
> > to each machine?  Through a USB port?  Doesn't seem likely, since SANs
> > have been around longer than USB.  Through a 9 pin serial port?  Also
> > doesn't seem likely.
> > >
> > > What are some shared storage solutions other people here have used?
> > >
> > >
> > > Solomon
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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