> The answers to your questions depend a lot on the type of
> use you actually make of your file server. And for a lot
> of that, you will want to make careful performance measurements
> of your setup. For instance:
[excellent advice]
Another factor which may concern you is the time to boot
a server after a crash (or downtime). Having lots of
disks (esp, if they have lots of volumes) can make
starting the fileserver take a very long time (insert
standard plea for transarc to change how volumes are
attached).
John
