We have recently been asked to increase our AFS filespace from about 75GB
(distributed primarily between 2 SPARCserver 1000s and a SPARCcenter 2000, all
running Solaris 2.5.1) to about 500GB. We will be allocated funds for at least
one more fileserver. Our servers are connected via a 100Mbit switch.
How are large sites handling disk distribution amongst fileservers, disk
connections to those servers (SCSI channels? Fiberchannel?), and backups for
this amount of disk? What size individual disks do you use? We intend to speak
with Transarc re: recommendations, but site descriptions and relevant info
would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Brian White
Engineering Computing
New Jersey Institute of Technology
