A NetApp (Network Appliance) is a big RAID that uses multiple scsi drives to
create a single transparent volume which, with CIFS (transparent filesystem)
can be used by any OS. They are v fast, use NVRAM buffering and can go up to
post terabyte storage capacity without worries.
Oh and they start at 60k pounds sterling
But they are great. Network Attatched Storage at its best (gigabit fibre
too)
Tim Parkin
Didio Communications
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> > Whoever said NFS is slow hasn't used a NetApp
>
OK, I'll bite. What is NetApp? Network Appliance?
Is this a cache technology, or will it help if I want to transfer 1GB
of data with no duplication? Once upon a time I was considering using
NFS for backing up my web servers. Then I found it would take over 150
hours per backup over my 56K Frame Relay link. I've got it down to
about 46 hours with tar.gz and ftp. It takes most of my sleep time
during the week.
Rick Widmer
Internet Marketing Specialists
http://www.developersdesk.com
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