Stephen Joyce wrote:
On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, Glen Ford wrote:
Anyone on the list have any practical experiences with using NAS with Linux and Widows clients? I have been reading vendor write-ups and am now looking for someone real life experiences with buying/installing/administering.... NAS for a Linux/Windoz environment. Also is there a way to logically group NAS units? Say I have 3 units @ 1TB each; Can I logically group these to create a mount point that has 3TB?
Thanks,
/glen
Glen,
http://www.openafs.org
It's not NAS, but then I don't think you'll find what you want in NAS...
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Stephen,
Did quick read of ASF FAQ.
1. Do not get a warm and fuzzy about its readiness for primetime.
2. Seems like more admin overhead than NAS. Of course me not being an NAS expert does not put me on good footing. I would saw I am looking for storage that is not O/S dependent and allows for ease of adding additional storage.
Will continue to read ASF docs to see if it could work for my needs. [Storage that is: O/S independent, easy to manage, ease of growth]
/glen
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