Matt Lawrence wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2010, Richard Chycoski wrote: > > >> Ah - then a 'better' NFS HA implementation might be a possible answer. Next >> - >> do you have the budget/learning-curve-bandwidth to look at something like >> NetApp? >> > > I have suggested a NetApp. I am waiting to see what management says. It > would be my first choice.
If you are looking that route, you should also at least take a look at the Sun 7000 series storage servers. It is said that they beat NetApp on price, on performance, on flexibility, and on ease of implementation. Of course, you have to evaluate those claims and make the decision for yourself. http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/storage/open-storage/index.html. -- --------------- Chris Hoogendyk - O__ ---- Systems Administrator c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst <[email protected]> --------------- Erdös 4 _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
