Getting one BIG C drive from multiple servers.
The subject line may be a bit stupid but I am looking to setup a system
where we have a requirment that we have a single view into a 32 TB storage system (think of this as a one big C drive). Right now we got 6 servers each with around 5 TB of storage, but to access them we need to mount each server (Win 2003) and work on it which is becoming cubersom. Will iSCSI do the trick ? Product like SanMelody ? Jay Jay |
Getting one BIG C drive from multiple servers.
Jay wrote:
The subject line may be a bit stupid but I am looking to setup a system where we have a requirment that we have a single view into a 32 TB storage system (think of this as a one big C drive). Right now we got 6 servers each with around 5 TB of storage, but to access them we need to mount each server (Win 2003) and work on it which is becoming cubersom. Will iSCSI do the trick ? Product like SanMelody ? Possibly, but it's not clear they'd to it well. If SanMelody can be installed onto your existing servers while still leaving them available to perform their current tasks, it can export some of their storage using iSCSI - or you could use iSCSI more directly. But either of those would do is give one of your servers access to the combined storage resources (which it could then combine into a local file system - e.g., by creating a RAID volume): it would then have to turn around and export that file system back to the other servers again (say, as a 'share') - so most access to data would require two hops over the network in each direction: a read request would go first from the client to the main file server, which would (unless it held the requested data in its cache) then request the data from the server whose disk actually held it, at which point the data would be returned to the main file server, which would then send it to the original client (most writes would take a similarly circuitous path). So you'd really prefer an arrangement which allowed clients to interact more directly with the server which held the target data. Some 'cluster' file systems like SANergy (from IBM/Tivoli, which IIRC is available on Win2K and thus likely on Win2K3) and CXFS (from SGI and Linux, but not AFAIK available on Win2K/Win2K3) support this, though metadata operations are still handled centrally. - bill |
Getting one BIG C drive from multiple servers.
In Bill Todd writes:
CXFS (from SGI and Linux, but not AFAIK available on Win2K/Win2K3) I know this isn't exactly what was asked, but CXFS does run on WinXP, so for anyone interested it might be worthwhile checking with SGI to see if they also support Win2K. I've got a small cluster with IRIX and XP clients. We're using it for video, and it Works well. -- Tim Mullen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Am I in your basement? Looking for antique televisions, fans, etc. ------ finger this account or call anytime: (212)-463-0552 ------- |
Getting one BIG C drive from multiple servers.
CXFS runs on Linux, Windows 2K/XP/2003, Mac, Solars etc.
On Windows you are presented with multiple filesystems under a single drive letter. What filesystems are mounted on the node are managed centrally, once each Windows box is configured with CXFS no further CXFS administration is needed on those boxes. When a Windows box is rebooted it automatically remounts all the CXFS filesystems. See http://www.sgi.com/cxfs David |
Getting one BIG C drive from multiple servers.
Has any one look at Zetera ? Like www.hammer-storage.com
Jay "Jay" wrote in message .. . The subject line may be a bit stupid but I am looking to setup a system where we have a requirment that we have a single view into a 32 TB storage system (think of this as a one big C drive). Right now we got 6 servers each with around 5 TB of storage, but to access them we need to mount each server (Win 2003) and work on it which is becoming cubersom. Will iSCSI do the trick ? Product like SanMelody ? Jay Jay |
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