[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: stability of multipath



2008-01-06_21:12:01-0500 Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au>:
> On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 08:00:00PM -0500, Ron Peterson wrote:

> > Is anyone on this list using multipath and/or multipath-tools in
> > production at an enterprise level?  I'm considering using multipath
> > for a new fileserver and a new mailserver, running etch, using
> > qlogic 2432 hbas.  This would the first time I did this in
> > production, however, so it would be nice to have some reassurance
> > that I'm not sticking my neck out too far.

> who provide you storage, probably best to talk to them, most vendor
> have matrix's out what combo of storage/hw/firmware/sw they have
> certified, I believe HP have looked at multipath, not sure about the
> others

In general, I find most such matrixes exclude Debian, preferring to
focus on corporate distro's like Suse, Redhat, etc.  That hasn't scared
me away from using Debian where I know the pieces well enough.  But
multipath is new to me, so I'm a little out of my comfort zone.

-- 
Ron Peterson
Network & Systems Manager
Mount Holyoke College
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~rpeterso


Reply to: