On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:05:49 +0200 (CEST), Christian Nygaard <chris@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Is there a way to build a cheap and stable GFS system? What components > would you recommend? It depends on your definition of cheap and stable. No, GFS isn't magically going to give you 5 9's of uptime with $100 worth of hardware. At this point, GFS's SAN roots are still there, so I'd suggest a SAN if you really want reliable (although it is possible to build a GFS setup without a SAN). You can also use a regular network (although I'd suggest at least gigabit ethernet) and something like GNBD, iSCSI, etc. to build it. You can also use a firewire drive connected between 2 computers for the really cheap (although the reliability is pretty much gone at this point). One thing to note is that currently the kernel's software raid layer isn't cluster friendly, so you won't have a way to do data redundancy unless your storage array/etc. is doing it. --Brian Jackson > > Thanks for your input, > Chris >
