I'm using the drobo from <a href="http://drobo.com">drobo.com</a><br><br>Working great so far.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Matt Campbell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dvdmatt@gmail.com">dvdmatt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Nice! I wish I had stumbled across this unit before building my own. How<br>
does it perform?<br>
<br>
Matt<br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net">sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net">sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net</a>] On<br>
> Behalf Of Chris Louden<br>
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 3:24 PM<br>
> To: SGVLUG Discussion List.<br>
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Shared Storage Woes<br>
><br>
> I tried using an iscsitarget config on a box, was not really happy<br>
> with the speed. In the end I went with Coraid <a href="http://www.coraid.com/" target="_blank">http://www.coraid.com/</a><br>
> AOE is pretty dang fast. You can use a clustered file system and<br>
> connect a bunch of systems just over a swithc. Switch must support<br>
> jumbo frame and work well with an MTU of 9000.<br>
><br>
> As SANS go it doesn't get much cheaper.<br>
><br>
> -Chris<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Solomon K. Chang <<a href="mailto:skevin521@yahoo.com">skevin521@yahoo.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Hola Luggers,<br>
> ><br>
> > I've reached that point in every sysadmin's life where he needs<br>
> shared storage, and realizes that NFS sucks. Has anyone has success<br>
> with a shared storage solution other than NFS?<br>
> ><br>
> > I've considered looking into some cheaper SANs, but truth to tell,<br>
> I've never touched, much less seen a SAN up close. How does it connect<br>
> to each machine? Through a USB port? Doesn't seem likely, since SANs<br>
> have been around longer than USB. Through a 9 pin serial port? Also<br>
> doesn't seem likely.<br>
> ><br>
> > What are some shared storage solutions other people here have used?<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Solomon<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
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