Read these articles carefully. One notable vendor is trying to tell some of my customers that these articles mean MSFT now supports NAS. I don't see how that conclusion can be drawn from the language in the articles. Until a NAS device is WHQL, you need to go to your NAS vendor if your database gets pooched. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't feel comfortable with that. I have yet to see a NAS device with WHQL certification (though I admit I've not checked in the last couple weeks, so things could have changed).
Another thing to keep in mind is that NAS devices have multiple single points of failure (fans, processors, etc.) and as the size of the NAS increases your probabilities of multiple disc failures in the same RAID set increases. Also bear in mind that all data transfers must ride the network stack; I would be very concerned with database integrity in this scenario (even if you are directly attaching the NAS to Exchange via fiber) - no matter what your vendor says, it's not the same as SCSI or SAN. I would be very careful if you are thinking of doing this. Tom. -----Original Message----- From: Akerlund, Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 5:25 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: NAS support for Exchange 2000 The Knowledge Base articles can be found at the following links: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q317173 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q317172 -----Original Message----- From: RB [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 2:22 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: NAS support for Exchange 2000 Has Microsoft changed it's stance on NAS attached devices for Exchange at all? My understanding was that any NAS attached storage for Exchange 2000 is not supported as all Exchange 2000 data needs to be local to the server (i.e. Local disks or a SAN via a dedicated connection is supported). If this is still the case does anyone have a reference to a web page that makes this statement about NAS. If it has changed a reference to this would be appreciated also. Regards _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
