--- Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1. rack space costs (NAS / SAN devices typically have far lower form > factor > than if you try to run a bunch of fileservers across to a datacenter) I was thinking more about the SOHO users before targeting big companies. > 2. out of the box and just works - most of the time. you don't have to > sacrifice white chickens and mutter incantations all the time like > you > would with a homecooked solution If the technology is stable I don't see why it cant be achieved. > 3. hot swappable modules in your NAS / SAN Hmm I am not sure how easy it is have a custom built hot-swappable SCSI drive based setup in Delhi. Of course the cabinet is the biggest problem at the moment. > 4. lots and lots more redundancy and failover built in > > 5. A SLA with your vendor that you can enforce if things turn out bad If you have any plans for setting up a business I don't see a reason why you shouldn't agree to have a SLA. For me making money is not important. It is more of saving money for personal use. I would like to be able to do it for the sake of doing it. Mithun __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/