TIA, You could use a server connected to a SAN as a sort of NAS. I do not know what you mean by sharing the data in a transparent way amoung n servers....yes you could share data from a nas amoung n servers. This NAS / SAN combo is used by many vendors. Only one machine will see the lun as its own, that machine would then share it out to the other machines, unless you used a snapshot or a clone of that disk, but then the other servers would have to be connected to the SAN.
Frank I have, related to this last part of NAS vs SAN. Can we use SAN as a NAS? I mean, can we share (the same) central data in a transparent way among n servers? Will this work as a NAS on steroids? Is this supported/used on any platform? Are we talking about exclusive or concurrential disk accesses? Does this bring problems on data consistency? (well, every machine sees the disks as their own...) Is it possible at all? TIA -- Jose Celestino || SysAdmin::SAPO.pt http://www.sapo.pt http://xpto.org/~japc ----------------------------------------------------- "Lately, the only thing keeping me from becoming a serial killer is my distaste for manual labor." -- Dilbert Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=57054&t=56857 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
