Actually, I am on rh436 course now. Why not set up centos51 as iscsi
target itself?
On 5/6/08, Matt Shields <mattboston@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Ed Morrison <edward.morrison@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > I need advice on implementing a storage server. I really do not have the
> $
> > to spend for a Dell iSCSI storage divice and I am thinking trunning CentOS
> > 5.x with ftp or FreeNAS. Here is what I am looking at and concerned
> about.
> >
> > Situation:
> > My current storage needs are approximately 1.5 TB annually. This will
> > increase to about 3.5 TB annually over the next 5 years (rough est.).
> This
> > box will just be a data archive and once it is full it will only be used
> > very infrequently if not used at all. Files are small up to 10 MB but
> > numerous.
> >
> > CentOS:
> > Upgrading to the newer CentOS flavors. I will not have the ability to
> > archive this data to tape and I am concerned about loosing the data when
> > upgrading the OS. How best to handle this?
> >
> > Storage limitation. It is my understanding that there is a 2 TB storage
> > limitation with Linux (and windows) in general particularly for stability.
> > I see that ReiserFS can go up to 16 TB. Is any one using this? If so,
> how
> > has it been for you?
> >
> >
> > FreeNAS
> > Anyone using FreeNAS? What is your experience? How easy is it to add
> new
> > drives and keep your data? Upgrading to newer versions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ed
>
> I haven't used this and maybe I understand the concept, but what about
> RedHat's GFS? From what has been told to me, you take a cluster of
> servers and it turns them into a large disk array. Someone correct me
> if I'm wrong.
>
> --
> -matt
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