On 19-02-2013, Tue [23:20:41], b...@todoo.biz wrote: > Hello, > > > I am about to start deploying a large system (about 18 To which can grow up > to 36 To) based on a big Intel platform with lot's of fancy features to have > turbo boosted platform (ZIL on SSD + system on dongle if I go for FreeNAS). > Since I want to move on quite fast I might decide to use FreeNAS in it's > latest version. > > > The idea behind all that was to grant 5 or six critical servers access to the > NAS so that they can take advantage of : > > 1. space available on the NAS > > 2. ability of the NAS to use ZFS and of clients to support this file system > (including snapshots) > > 3. Access the server using iSCSI (at least this is what I initially planned). > > 4. Mount part of their filesystem using data stored on the SAN (like > /usr/local/ or other parts of the system). > > > > The server accessing the data will be of two types : > > 1. 2 x Ubuntu server 10.04 LTS > > 2. 4 x FreeBSD (mainly 8 and 9) with jail configured > > > I have started reading about iSCSI and potential problems with FreeBSD. > > So my main questions would be : > > > • Should I go for iSCSI ? > > • Should I rather choose / prefer NFS ? > > • Should I export a Volume as UFS rather than ZFS (is ZFS supported as a > target) ? > > > The main idea is stability, redundancy of data and ease of maintenance (in a > headless FreeBSD / Linux world) before anything else ! > > > > That's the big pictures, if you have any pointers, advise, they are all > welcome. > > > It is quite late where I leave, so I will reply to posts in 8 to 10 hours, > but I hope to have enough answer(s) to start an interesting thread (as I > think this question is very interesting and not so clearly explained (at > least in my mind))… > > > Thx very much for your infos and feedback. > >
Hello, If I needed a NFS+iSCSI solution I'd go for Solaris 11. Docs are abundant and the system is very stable and feature-rich. Tried recently the integration in Windows Domain and iSCSI features, all works wery good. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for FreeBSD ;) but in this particular case I'd choose Solaris. -- D.S. <-\ Powered by <-------------------o <-/ FreeBSD _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
