[SGVLUG] Shared Storage Woes

[Matt Campbell]

Nice!  I wish I had stumbled across this unit before building my own.  How
does it perform?

Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On
> Behalf Of Chris Louden
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 3:24 PM
> To: SGVLUG Discussion List.
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Shared Storage Woes
> 
> I tried using an iscsitarget config on a box, was not really happy
> with the speed. In the end I went with Coraid http://www.coraid.com/
> AOE is pretty dang fast. You can use a clustered file system and
> connect a bunch of systems just over a swithc. Switch must support
> jumbo frame and work well with an MTU of 9000.
> 
> As SANS go it doesn't get much cheaper.
> 
> -Chris
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Solomon K. Chang <skevin521 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hola Luggers,
> >
> > I've reached that point in every sysadmin's life where he needs
> shared storage, and realizes that NFS sucks.  Has anyone has success
> with a shared storage solution other than NFS?
> >
> > I've considered looking into some cheaper SANs, but truth to tell,
> I've never touched, much less seen a SAN up close.  How does it connect
> to each machine?  Through a USB port?  Doesn't seem likely, since SANs
> have been around longer than USB.  Through a 9 pin serial port?  Also
> doesn't seem likely.
> >
> > What are some shared storage solutions other people here have used?
> >
> >
> > Solomon
> >
> >
> >
> >