feenberg> OK, but how do I use a SAN to replace NFS? If I have multiple feenberg> computers, doesn't each computer have to be assigned it own feenberg> partitions on the SAN, so that the SAN doesn't enable file sharing feenberg> across computers, only disk sharing? I haven't looked carefully into feenberg> SANs for exactly that reason - or have I been wrong? I'd be feenberg> interested in the speed improvement if the files could be shared.
You either set up some sort of active-active clustering amongst your machines, or you have one (possibly set of) designated server that mounts the SAN then exports it out to the rest of your hosts via CIFS, NFS, AFS, whatever. _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
