Russ Allbery([EMAIL PROTECTED])@2001.05.07 05:09:31 +0000:
> > due to it's nature, being a ufs/ffs,
>
> EMC Symmetrix do not use UFS/FFS unless the host you're connecting to the
> disk chooses to format the disks that way. If you don't want to deal with
> UFS, use a logging file system.
sorry for not elaborating the setup. sure thing, i am talking about
symmetrix/connectrix setups, where the fs gets exported as nfs. other
setups are out of discussion because of concurrent access to the same
fs (and if gfs would be stable on *bsd systems, emc symmetrix would
not be an option anymore at all because of the hardware cost and tco).
>
> > i personally prefer the netapps (although the filesystems are somewhat
> > limited in size compared to emc or ibm)
>
> A NetApp is a completely different sort of machine than an EMC. A NetApp
> exports files over protocol rather than as a simple SCSI device.
yup. as i said, i mean symmetrix/connectrix setups
> Maybe you're talking about EMC's Clarion stuff, which is different, or
> some of their newer experimental SAN stuff? We've been using EMC disk
> here for quite some time and I don't recognize anything in your
> descriptions even remotely like what we're running.
the symmetrix hardware is pretty stable, but we are talking about a
little more bloated raid systems, then, not network storage servers ;-)
if a traditional fcal/san solutions would be an option due to the
semantics of let's say gfs, i would not bother buying emc but rather ibm
sharks, them being more space for the same price.
at least in europe, emc tries to infiltrate businesses using netapp
solutions, actually buying out the used netapps and replacing them with
sym/con clusters.
don't know how to translate it but "emc zieht die butter nicht vom brot"
if you compare it to netapp f760 _and_ you use nfs.
/k
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