While we are discussing network storage for HA. Would there be a problem with NAS over Gigabit?
> * Etienne Goyer > > > Well, I did not consider that option since the SAN > become a single > > point-of-failure, and that is a big no-no according to > the > > specifications I have at the moment. > > > > If it would have been possible, it would have been my > first choice > > though. > > Most decent storage equipment meant for SANs has > redundancy > everywhere. Double powersupplies, double storage > processors with > mirrored memory/cache, and naturally the possibility to > configure the > disks in a fully redundant manner. It's easy to make the > connection > from the hosts to the storage redundant, too - just use > two HBAs and > two switches, and make sure both of the switches are > connected to all > the other end points (both SP's on the storage and both > servers). > > In my opinion using a SAN is perfectly adequate for HA > needs (it has > not failed me, at least!), but it's your call of course. > :-) > > Kind regards, > -- > Tore Anderson > --- > Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu > List Archives/Info: > http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
