Atom> I clarify. Atom> 200 users, 70% MS Windows, 20% Mac OSX, 10% Linux Atom> Business data and home drives for all of the above. Atom> Data/Shares service is "owned" by the MS Windows and Storage group(s). Atom> Currently using mixed-mode NetApp shares: NAS. Atom> Considering move to block storage: SAN.
Atom> Given that this is *primarily* an MS Windows service, one option Atom> being considered is mixed-mode CIFS/NFS shares on a Windows 2k12 Atom> server. Atom> Question: Is that a good idea? Why or why not? That makes it much more clear what you're trying to get at here. My experience is mostly with NFS on Netapps and using Samba to share that to Windows desktops for data interchange. We have a Windows group who manages to the CIFS only shares on the Netapps and that works well too. Since you say you need some linux NFS clients, can you instead setup the linux clients to use CIFS instead of NFS to access the data? Make them the second class citizens in terms of authentication and ACLs and such. As for Windows as a file server for NFS, dunno, sorry. I like my Netapps, they're rock solid and perform well. But they can/are expensive to run. For your four year old Netapps, if they perform just fine, and if you can sell it to management, why not just upgrade them to the latest GA release, make sure it's stable then drop support? Get some spare drives to keep on hand and go for it. Might be quite cost effective and will let you also get the block storage plan moving forward without having to switch all your eggs to a new untested basket. John _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
