[ubuntu-za] What NAS device(s) do you use? And why?

[Rudi Ahlers]

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Andre Rossouw <andre at arnet.co.za> wrote:
>> >> Fiber attached and SAS is a lot of money for little benefit. SATA is
>> >> very fast, and very cheap.  For the cost savings you can buy two
>> >> boxes,
>> >> and have a logical mirror.
>> >
>> > Well - yes and no. It really does all depend on what you're putting on
>> > those disks, and how quickly your application need to get to it. If you
>> > are using a web-based application, or small db's, or need lots of
>> > storage that seldom gets touched - then I agree, SATA is the way. If,
>> > however, you are working with a relational db 1TB+,  with all the logs
>> > and hundreds of users hitting the application servers throughout the
>> > business day ... then I totally disagree. Fibre and SAS is well worth
>> > the money.
>>
>> Frankly, in that case I would build an array with SATA solid state
>> drives, or a giant RAM disk with lazy writes to an array.  Generally,
>> the attachment point is not the bottle neck, it is the spinning
>> platters.  Especially with SATA 3.
>
> Lol, I can see this going around in circles and us not actually
> answering Rudi's question.
>
> My final 2c on this topic:
> 1. Work out your disk requirements and categorise
> 2. Work out disk access requirements for the different categories
> 3. Go see a professional who will give you solid advice - without
> confusing the matter with new and untested configurations
> 4. Be prepared to pay - you can't get enterprise performance, management
> and functionality with consumer products
> --
> Andre Rossouw
>
> --

Andre,

It's not going in circles, I'm exploring new options as people give
suggestion - which was my original quest. To see who uses what, what
is available and how it works :)



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