I've worked a lot with NetApp filers (mostly clusters) and they are really reliable, nice to administer and have a lot of features, like the mentioned snapshots, syncronisation, mirrors, double parity... they a not the cheapest ones, but they are worth it... if you know how many TB you need be sure the NetApp guy assures you that this amount will be available to use ;-))... they don't use the whole disk and there will be a reserve for the snapshot as well, which is configurable...
check out their website... of course they support NFS and CIFS... if you license it... Juergen Broun, Bevan wrote: > You might like to look at the features of a NetApp filer. Particulary the > snapshots and dual partity raid features. > > I recently evaluated some NAS systems. An essential requirement was for > users to be able to restore their own files from snapshots. I would not do > file serving to the average user group without it. (of course tape backup > is still essential.) > > BB > > on Fri, Aug 05, 2005 at 12:27:41PM +1000, Rajnish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>All, >> >>I would like to get your esteemed opinion on a number of queries >>concerning NAS. But first a background - our LAN accomodates a number >>of diff OSes, including Solaris, Linux, Win2K and WinXP. >> >>We would like to attach NAS device(s) on the LAN, and be able to access >>storage space from all the above OSes. In particular, it is important >>that NAS devices support NFS - to enable Un*x boxes to mount the space. >> >>The space is to be used both as permanent storage as well as "overflow" >>workspaces for our developers. >> >>Questions: >>1) Is NAS a suitable solution for such an environment ? If a case is to >>be made for/against it, what are the ups and downs ? >> >>2) More importantly, what are your experiences with dealing with these >>devices ? Do they support NFS ? >> >>3) Your experiences with speed and reliability ? We have particularly >>large files (200MB-2GB) to deal with and compiles includes a large >>number of files. >> >>Any tips, suggestions, references will be appreciated. >> >>Thanking you all in anticipation. Please reply to NG for future >>reference. >> >>-- >>Regards, >>Rajnish >>-- >>SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >>Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
