On Aug 16, 2013, at 9:53 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > On 08/16/2013 07:51 PM, Tony Schreiner wrote: >> I am wondering if any one knows of a way to manage Xyratex disk shelves from >> CentOS (in particular CentOS 4). >> >> More details: >> Some years ago I installed a NAS unit from Exanet which consists of 2 >> rebadged IBM x3650 head nodes and a couple of Xyratex disk shelves with a >> total of 96 TB of raw disk, connected by fibre channel. The operating system >> is based on CentOS 4.4, but is modified, and runs a proprietary file system. >> It has pretty good performance and I'm happy with it. >> >> You may know that the company went bust some years ago, so I have been >> running this system unsupported. I am loath to give up the disk space though. >> >> The two things I worry about are, the fibre channel connection and the >> external disk trays. Unfortunately, what I know about fibre channel is very >> little. They are emulex HBAs, and I guess there used to software called >> lputil, but this is no longer available at the Emulex site. It has been >> replaced by something called HBAnywhere, but I have not succeeded in >> building that on CentOS 4. Uprading the OS is out of the question I would >> think while maintaining the file system capability. >> >> And the other question is how to manage the LUNs on the Xyratex's. >> >> I'd be grateful for any info anyone has on either. >> >> Tony Schreiner > > Have you tried to locate ex employees of that Company? Maybe you could > hire some developer from that Company to help you out? > > > -- > Ljubomir Ljubojevic
I do have a contact, who will work for a fee. But I'm still hoping to get further on my own. Tony _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
