Also, I think it's changed under 6.x, but under 5.x DSU will fill the disk to 100%, so you cannot have more than one DSU on a filesystem. So each media server would need a separate volume on your NAS, or some sort of hard quota configured for the directory it's using.
Paul -- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Justin Piszcz > Sent: September 3, 2007 7:44 AM > To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Help: NAS Disk as a Storage Unit? > > > > You _could_ do that but unless you have some wicked NAS with > 10GBps etc > etc I wouldn't. > > Use 1 media server and one disk storage unit. > > If you want you technically could: > > media_server1:/nas1/media_server1 > media_server2:/nas1/media_server2 > > And use separate directories for each media server's DSU but > that would > KILL performance, it is bad enough you have to use it over NFS right? > > client <-> media server ----------. > | > | > NAS > > That is if the NAS is directly connected, if its not... > > client <-> media server ----------. > | > switch<--------------------------/ > | > | > ------------------------------->NAS > > Yes it adds overhead and it depends on your network topology. > > Justin. ==================================================================================== La version française suit le texte anglais. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email may contain privileged and/or confidential information, and the Bank of Canada does not waive any related rights. Any distribution, use, or copying of this email or the information it contains by other than the intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this email in error please delete it immediately from your system and notify the sender promptly by email that you have done so. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Le présent courriel peut contenir de l'information privilégiée ou confidentielle. La Banque du Canada ne renonce pas aux droits qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion, utilisation ou copie de ce courriel ou des renseignements qu'il contient par une personne autre que le ou les destinataires désignés est interdite. Si vous recevez ce courriel par erreur, veuillez le supprimer immédiatement et envoyer sans délai à l'expéditeur un message électronique pour l'aviser que vous avez éliminé de votre ordinateur toute copie du courriel reçu. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu