I would agree - we started using one at work (the 760 I believe) with 128GB of
online RAID 4 storage - YUM! We run a large SUN DB and run our DB straight from
the NetApp. NetApp basically rules.
--Joe
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 10:08:32AM -0000, Tim Parkin wrote:
> 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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> ** Reply to note from Alex Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun, 14 Jan 2001
> 17:16:50 -0800
> >
> > > 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.
>
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> Rick Widmer
> Internet Marketing Specialists
> http://www.developersdesk.com
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