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

Re: storage server & scalability



Qweb - Yavuz Aydin wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> At this moment we are preparing to build a cluster for the webservices
> we offer. The main purpose of this cluster would be high availability
> and high scalability. Our setup is almost ready, but we are looking at
> the possibilities of the storage server we want to use.
> 
> Because of variuos reasons we would like to use a custom-built storage
> server. This storage server would need to be accessed by nfs. We need
> advice with 2 issues.

To my thinking, the issues you raise are excellent reasons for *not*
using a custom-built storage server, and instead buying disk arrays from
EMC, Hitachi, NetApp, or the like...

-- 
Paul
<http://paulgear.webhop.net>
--
Did you know?  Using accepted quoting conventions makes
your email easier to understand.  Learn how at
<http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html>.

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature


Reply to: