z/VM Dr.Peer-Joachim Koch wrote: > Hi, > > we're currently planing to update our old HPUX (5 years old)file server. > In the moment one machine is handling all 10TB of file systems. > The storage is attached using a san (2 Brocades + 2 EMC Clarrion4700) > Backupserver and the tape library are also within the san. > > We are only using nfs and samba in the moment. > > I'm currently thinking about a setup where 3 linux machines > are handling all lv. First breaking everything into three vg, each one > attached to one node, but visible on all nodes. > > So would it be possible to import some dedicated devices > (all luns from the vg), while other luns are localy active > and others are active on the third node ? > > If just a pvscan is execute what is happening to "normaly" > working vg's ? > > Is it planed to mirroring of lv onto other devices within > th vg ? > > Who has a good concept for BIG file servers ? ;) > (Maybe we have to extend it to 50->100TB for a new linux cluster...) > > Thanks for your help ! > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ -- Regards / Cordialement / Groetjes / Gruesse / Saludos Cassidy IT Services John Cassidy Dipl.-Ing (Informatique) S390 & zSeries Systems Engineering Schleswigstr. 7 D-51065 Cologne EU Tel: +49 (0) 221 61 60 777 · GSM: +49 (0) 177 799 58 56 E-Mail: Sean@JDCassidy.net HTTP : www.jdcassidy.net _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/