Re: 2x HP Netserver (LH 3r) connected to a Netserver Rackstorage 12

From: Ted Cabeen (secabeen_at_pobox.com)
Date: 06/20/03

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    To: Etienne Ledoux <etienne@unix.za.org>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:46:41 -0700

    Etienne Ledoux <etienne@unix.za.org> writes:

    > My question is with regards to the servers I want to use as the NFS
    > mailstore(2x HP Netserver (LH 3r) connected to a Netserver Rackstorage 12).
    > Can I run FreeBSD on it too ? I guess the answer is yes? but Is FreeBSD the
    > best option for this type of hardware and will it be difficult to configure.
    > Or is Linux a better alternative ? I honestly have no idea what the best
    > option is and don't want to reliase a month or two later when everything is
    > live that I made a mistake and shouldve done something else or installed
    > something else.

    The OS you choose shouldn't be a problem, but you're going to need to
    look carefully into your filesystem choices, as you'll need a
    specialized filesystem that supports multiple simultaneous access.
    The standard linux and BSD filesystems don't work with multiple
    accessors. Take a look at GFS and other clustering file systems.

    On the other hand, if you only plan on having one of the systems
    running at any one time, and the other one is just a hot-spare, then
    it doesn't matter. 

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