Re: [lopsa-discuss] Problems with netapp support?

2009-04-15 Thread John Stoffel
Edward> For what it's worth, I am not very inclined toward 7000 "amber Edward> road." I am more inclined toward a normal solaris server with Edward> ZFS, NFS, and Samba. I've been meaning to reply to this, and since I just went through a Netapp vs. Sun 7x00 series storage evaluation (not as inde

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Problems with netapp support?

2009-04-16 Thread John Stoffel
Nick> On 4/15/09 12:52 PM, John Stoffel wrote: >> 1) 16G limit on Aggregates. This is the biggest complaint from NetApp >> users, since it's make building big volumes a total pain in the >> ass. And if you have volumes that grow/shrink, it makes balancing >> t

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Automated system deployment w/API or SDK, for x86 servers

2009-04-22 Thread John Stoffel
>> On Apr 21, 2009, at 12:30 AM, Trever Miller wrote: >> >>> After kicking the switches around a bit, the next step looks like it >>> will be clonezilla investigation. Where's the coffee... >> >> I was going to suggest that. We are using Cobbler for systems mgmt >> & the pxe & DHCP side, and

Re: [lopsa-discuss] HVAC and UPS for a new datacenter

2009-09-04 Thread John Stoffel
Rob> I am working on a brand new IT room for around 4 high (12kw?) Rob> power racks and 2 wiring racks. I was talking to the obvious Rob> choice - Liebert - and they came back with a fairly eye watering Rob> quote that made me question whether they are the only game in Rob> town. During my resea

Re: [lopsa-discuss] enterprise NAS

2009-10-06 Thread John Stoffel
> "Adam" == Adam Levin writes: Adam> Our group is an architecture group, and we're poking into data Adam> center consolidation and enterprise NAS. Fun! Adam> We've obviously got NetApp and Celerra on the list, as well as Adam> Isilon coming in to talk to us. Can anyone suggest other Adam>

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Handling files on a fileserver left by users who have resigned

2009-10-22 Thread John Stoffel
Edward> Never delete user accounts. Just disable them. For precisely Edward> the reason mentioned - after a user account is deleted, Edward> whether Windows or Linux fileshare, the system says "I don't Edward> know who owns those files..." We don't delete them right away, but we do ask their ma

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Handling files on a fileserver left by users who have resigned

2009-10-22 Thread John Stoffel
>>>>> "david" == david writes: david> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009, John Stoffel wrote: Edward> Never delete user accounts. Just disable them. For precisely Edward> the reason mentioned - after a user account is deleted, Edward> whether Windows or Linux fileshare,

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Handling files on a fileserver left by users who have resigned

2009-10-22 Thread John Stoffel
> "David" == David Parter writes: >> I personally think this scales down to even a small company. And >> please, let's get away from those asinine first.last@ email >> addresses. They just don't scale. But god knows why some CEOs >> continue to insist on them, like my current job. Stupid.

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Handling files on a fileserver left by users who have resigned

2009-10-23 Thread John Stoffel
>> And >> please, let's get away from those asinine first.last@ email >> addresses. They just don't scale. Edward> I don't get what you're talking about. first.l...@domain is Edward> one of the best things ever. When I meet somebody, I don't Edward> want to remember that they are jsmith, or

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Handling files on a fileserver left by users who have resigned

2009-10-23 Thread John Stoffel
> "Edward" == Edward Ned Harvey writes: >> So any stardard is going to break no matter what you do. Which is why >> I liked the Lucent one. There was no standard name, which meant no >> standard expecations to break. Edward> The only thing I didn't like about the lucent one was ... at Edwa

Re: [lopsa-discuss] storage management suggestions wanted

2009-12-14 Thread John Stoffel
> "bergman" == bergman writes: bergman> I'm adding a new storage device to our SAN, and this is a bergman> good opportunity to reexamine our config and make bergman> changes. I'm looking for recommendation about storage bergman> configuration decisions. bergman>RHCS-clustered Linux

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Offices on opposite sides of oceans

2010-01-12 Thread John Stoffel
Adam> If you have enough money to play with, you might want to look Adam> into NetApp's FlexCache setup -- a filer at home with the Adam> primary data, and another head with some disk remotely to cache Adam> the data from home and serve it locally. Adam> It was designed for specifically this sort

Re: [lopsa-discuss] movie credits

2010-03-28 Thread John Stoffel
> "Esther" == Esther Filderman writes: Esther> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Chris Reisor wrote: >> Yes, the reason you haven't noticed us until now is that you probably >> have a normal-sized bladder.  :) Esther> I have friends who refuse to leave the theater until the IATSE Esther> lo

Re: [lopsa-discuss] async replication

2010-05-17 Thread John Stoffel
Yves> For a site I am working at, we're looking at NAS async Yves> replication across continents (latency > 100 ms). We've just Yves> started looking at this, and are right now looking at IBM SONAS, Yves> HP Ibrix, and Isilon. How much data are you looking at? And how strict are your requirement

Re: [lopsa-discuss] cfengine vs. puppet vs. chef

2010-05-22 Thread John Stoffel
Yves> Has anybody done, or can point me to a *rational* comparison Yves> between those guys, or even one including commercial products? And include what infrastructure each requires? I'm perenially about the deploy Cfengine at work, but I keep thinking I should look at Puppet, BCFG and others.

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Acopia

2010-05-26 Thread John Stoffel
Adam> Hey all. Does anyone have any experience with Acopia? I've got Adam> brief and unpleasant knowledge of Rainfinity, but I've never Adam> worked with Acopia, and I hear it's good stuff for NAS namespace Adam> virtualization, so I'm curious about any success stories or Adam> failure stories y

Re: [lopsa-discuss] Acopia

2010-05-27 Thread John Stoffel
>>>>> "Adam" == Adam Levin writes: Adam> On Wed, 26 May 2010, John Stoffel wrote: >> Unless your backup software and your NAS box talk very well together, >> you're going to be hosed on restores. Adam> Thanks, John. That's a concern of m

Re: [lopsa-discuss] SGE now called OGE, no longer free

2010-09-28 Thread John Stoffel
> "Edward" == Edward Ned Harvey writes: >> From: Todd D. Taft [mailto:t...@unclet.net] >> >> Was there any official announcement of this, or are you just looking at >> the license on the 6.2u6 download page?  I don't remember seeing >> anything about this on the SGE mailing list recently, al

Re: [lopsa-discuss] SGE now called OGE, no longer free

2010-09-29 Thread John Stoffel
>>>>> "Edward" == Edward Ned Harvey writes: >> From: John Stoffel [mailto:j...@stoffel.org] >> >> If you're looking for another alternative to LSF/SGE, take a look at >> RTDA's (http://rtda.com) NC job scheduler. They're a small