Steve Devine wrote: > Jason Edgecombe wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> Traditionally, we have used direct-attached scsi disk packs on Sun Sparc >> servers running Solaria 9 for OpenAFS. This has given us the most bang >> for the buck. We forgo RAID because we have the backup capabilities >> of AFS. >> >> What types of storage technologies are other AFS sites using for their >> AFS vicep partitions? We need to figure our future direction for the >> next couple of years. Fibre channel seems all the rage, but it's quite >> expensive. I'm open to any and all feedback. What works? What doesn't? >> What offers the best bang for the buck on an OpenAFS server? >> >> This is for an academic environment that fills both academic and >> research needs. Researchers are asking for lots of AFS space (200GB+). >> Of course this needs to be backed up as well. >> >> Thanks, >> Jason >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenAFS-info mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info >> > We are using Iscsi for user vols. We put volumes that require higher > performance on a Fiber Based San. > What's serving the iSCSI? Is it a storage appliance of some sort?
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