Thanks Remco It concerne which release of SANergy ?
Regards Pierre Cayé > -----Message d'origine----- > De : ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De > la part de Remco Post > Envoyé : mardi 2 octobre 2007 18:56 > À : ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Objet : Re: [ADSM-L] SANERGY > > CAYE PIERRE wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am looking for feedback about use of SANergy. > > > > Looking for impressions, efficiency, applicable domains, > problematics, > > difficulties and so. > > > > I am studying possible implementation of SANergy for backup > purpose in > > wintel world (with AIX/TSM Server). > > > > Regards, > > > > Pierre > > > I have one big problem with SANergy, and that is that it > requires a preload of a specific library on the 'client' to > overload filesystem calls in those cases where a SANergy FS > is involved. Thus it is a complete user-space solution and > users might break their environment and thus make sanergy > behave as a normal NFS filesystem. > > I've had (but this was way way back) problems starting apache > when the sanergy libc was preloaded on at least one system, > so at least at that time sanergy was actually capable of > breaking working applications. > > Both experiences at that time made me decide that sanergy was > not ready for production and I'd recommend against using it. > If TSM were to support another SAN shared filesystem across > your platforms in the future, one that does solve filesystem > problems where they belong (in the kernel or at least below > the VFS layer), that might solve your problems without > introducing many new ones. > > Remember, that neither sanergy or anything like it, nor > lan-free are free of charge, so maybe upgrading your lan > and/or server might be cheaper for those nodes. > > > -- > Met vriendelijke groeten, > > Remco Post > > SARA - Reken- en Netwerkdiensten > http://www.sara.nl > High Performance Computing Tel. +31 20 592 3000 Fax. +31 > 20 668 3167 > PGP Key fingerprint = 6367 DFE9 5CBC 0737 7D16 B3F6 048A > 02BF DC93 94EC > > "I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did > the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of > course - the computer industry didn't even foresee that the > century was going to end." -- Douglas Adams >
