On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Alan McKay wrote:
>> We have decided to get the Thecus 8800N NAS devices at the end of the
>> day, since they're about 40% cheaper than having to build one. They
>> run a Linux based OS, and uses software RAID, but I can't build a new
>> server at this price, even
> We have decided to get the Thecus 8800N NAS devices at the end of the
> day, since they're about 40% cheaper than having to build one. They
> run a Linux based OS, and uses software RAID, but I can't build a new
> server at this price, even with software RAID.
Hey Rudi, I'm finding myself tracin
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> Subject: Re: [CentOS] using Linux as a NAS / SAN device
>
> At Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:12:27 +0200 CentOS mailing list
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm looking at using Linux as a NAS / SAN device, and would like some
>> input from other's who have
Hi,
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From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On
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Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:23 AM
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Subject: Re: [CentOS] using Linux as a NAS / SAN device
At Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:12
On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>>
But the one piece of of the puzzle that I don't understand, will a
self-build-Linux NAS device, or even Openfiler / FreeNAS give us that
kind of uptime.
>>> High quality servers running an enterprise linux v
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>
>>> But the one piece of of the puzzle that I don't understand, will a
>>> self-build-Linux NAS device, or even Openfiler / FreeNAS give us that
>>> kind of uptime.
>> High quality servers running an enterprise linux version can give you
>> the same uptime as dedicated hardwar
oops, pushed replied too soon :)
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>>
>> The thing is, how will these kind of option perform in a hosting
>> environment where downtime isn't at all an option. We have backup
>> generators, UPS, load balanced networks, etc Ev
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>>
>> The thing is, how will these kind of option perform in a hosting
>> environment where downtime isn't at all an option. We have backup
>> generators, UPS, load balanced networks, etc Even the Tyan /
>> SuperMicro machin
on 8-27-2009 3:12 PM Rudi Ahlers spake the following:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking at using Linux as a NAS / SAN device, and would like some
> input from other's who have done this before?
>
> How would it compare to commercial SAN devices, Thecus N8800SAS
> (http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>
> The thing is, how will these kind of option perform in a hosting
> environment where downtime isn't at all an option. We have backup
> generators, UPS, load balanced networks, etc Even the Tyan /
> SuperMicro machines that I'm looking at will have redundant power
> supplies
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> But the one piece of of the puzzle that I don't understand, will a
> self-build-Linux NAS device, or even Openfiler / FreeNAS give us that
> kind of uptime.
You say that downtime is not an option, so I can say with
absolute confidence there really is nothing you can build for
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>
> Something else I just realized, dedicated NAS devices can rebuild the
> RAID system on the fly, and offer online RAID migration and expansion,
> load balance, and failover - how would one do these with Linux?
Look at the mdadm tools for raid. Rebuilding on the fly is no pr
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
> At Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:53:29 +0200 CentOS mailing list
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Robert Heller wrote:
>> >
>> > I think many dedicated NAS devices, are in fact Linux machines, using an
>> > embedded Linux system.
S
At Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:53:29 +0200 CentOS mailing list
wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Robert Heller wrote:
> >
> > I think many dedicated NAS devices, are in fact Linux machines, using an
> > embedded Linux system.
> >
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Robert Heller       -- 978-544
>
> These aren't centos based - or even all linux, but the software-NAS
> players are:
> http://www.openfiler.com/
> http://www.freenas.org/
> http://www.nexenta.com/corp/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=4&Itemid=67
>
> Or you can just use a generic disto with separate configuration
On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:22 AM, Robert Heller wrote:
>
> I think many dedicated NAS devices, are in fact Linux machines, using an
> embedded Linux system.
>
>>
>
> --
> Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933
> Deepwoods Software -- Download the Model Railroad System
> http://www.deepsof
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking at using Linux as a NAS / SAN device, and would like some
> input from other's who have done this before?
I've bought two SAN devices in the past couple years, both run
Debian and both are tier 1 enterprise storage arrays. Of course
you wouldn't know they r
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking at using Linux as a NAS / SAN device, and would like some
> input from other's who have done this before?
>
> How would it compare to commercial SAN devices, Thecus N8800SAS
> (http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=11&pid=177&set_language=english)
>
At Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:12:27 +0200 CentOS mailing list
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking at using Linux as a NAS / SAN device, and would like some
> input from other's who have done this before?
>
> How would it compare to commercial SAN devices, Thecus N8800SAS
> (http://www.thecus.com/products
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