On 01/ 8/11 10:43 AM, Stephan Budach wrote:
Am 08.01.11 18:33, schrieb Edward Ned Harvey:
From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-
boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Garrett D'Amore
When you purchase NexentaStor from a top-tier Nexenta Hardware Partner,
you get a product that has been through a rigorous qualification
process
How do I do this, exactly? I am serious. Before too long, I'm going to
need another server, and I would very seriously consider
reprovisioning my
unstable Dell Solaris server to become a linux or some other stable
machine.
The role it's currently fulfilling is the "backup" server, which
basically
does nothing except "zfs receive" from the primary Sun solaris 10u9 file
server. Since the role is just for backups, it's a perfect
opportunity for
experimentation, hence the Dell hardware with solaris. I'd be happy
to put
some other configuration in there experimentally instead ... say ...
nexenta. Assuming it will be just as good at "zfs receive" from the
primary
server.
Is there some specific hardware configuration you guys sell? Or
recommend?
How about a Dell R510/R610/R710? Buy the hardware separately and buy
NexentaStor as just a software product? Or buy a somehow more certified
hardware& software bundle together?
If I do encounter a bug, where the only known fact is that the system
keeps
crashing intermittently on an approximately weekly basis, and there is
absolutely no clue what's wrong in hardware or software... How do
you guys
handle it?
Such problems are handled on a case by case basis. Usually we can do
some analysis from a crash dump, but not always. My team includes
several people who are experienced with such analysis, and when problems
like this occur, we are called into action.
Ultimately this usually results in a patch, sometimes workaround
suggestions, and sometimes even binary relief (which happens faster than
a regular patch, but without the deeper QA.)
- Garrett
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