[Practices] CentOS and SANs

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>>Hello,
>>I'm looking to build a CentOS server (or servers) with a
>>SAN to support a large user base.
>>    
>>
>
>The storage solution will depend heavily on the topology.
>
>All servers in same closet (same 25'):
>  Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
>
>All servers within the same building:
>  Storage over TCP/IP (iSCSI) or
>  Fibre-Channel Arbitrated-Loop (FC-AL)
>
>Furthermore, I need to know ...
>- Your apps
>- Your clients
>- Other uses of the storage you can think of
>  
>

Mail (POP/IMAP/Webmail), that's it.  50K to 100K users.  Client is not 
happy with his current vendor.  All the servers would be in the same 
building, likely in the same cabinet or adjacent cabinets.

>  
>
>>Question: if you had a budget of $25K (or more if
>>necessary), what you build?
>>    
>>
>
>I apologize for this, but I'd feel I'd be professionally
>negligent if I didn't at least point it out.  If you have
>$25K to spend, and can afford recurring costs of $1-2K/year,
>then I'd highly recommend RHEL AS for the support aspects.
>

I'll ask the client to consider that.

Thanks.


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