Mark Lancaster
2009-Aug-28 17:55 UTC
[Xen-users] Re: using Linux as a NAS / SAN device (Rudi Ahlers)
Don''t most of those NAS devices run a customized linux kernel anyway? I am currently evaluating both CentOS and Openfiler for a similar project. We are setting up some clustered linux boxes to act as a NAS head for our SAN. We don''t have a NetApp. ;| ------------------------------> > From: Rudi Ahlers <Rudi@SoftDux.com> > > Hi, > > I''m looking at using Linux as a NAS / SAN device, and would like some > input from other''s who have done this before? > > How would it compare to commercial SAN devices, Thecus N8800SAS > ( > http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=11&pid=177&set_language=english > ) > or something similar to these? > > I would probably use hardware RAID 10, and could go with either SAS / > SATA, and then probably offer iSCSI, Samba. NFS & rsync. In terms of > servers hardware, well either Tyan / SuperMicro / Intel / Dell would > be fine as well. But, my question is rather from a linux point of > view, how would Linux compare to dedicated NAS devices, in terms of > the OS managing the device? > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users