Re: NetApps vs EMC

[Robert Hajime Lanning <lanning@lanning.cc>]

The configuration is in a single file that you can cp.

---- As written by Rayappa Mayakunthala:
> 
> With NetApp, is it possible to save the configuration anywhere else other
> than in the NetApp - much like tftp support. We are planning to get few of
> them but I am wondering if NetApp dies for some reason, would I end up
> losing the configuration?
> 
> 	Rayappa.
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Alexander Lobodzinski [mailto:lobo@mental.com]
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 3:43 PM
> >To: sage-members@usenix.org
> >Subject: Re: NetApps vs EMC 
> >
> >
> >() > Anybody's been running NetAps filer for a long time, could you
> >() > comment on their reliability ?
> >
> >Ran an F230 for about 1.5 years and run an F720 for about 9
> >months @ roughly 5 million NFS ops/day - no trouble at all.  The
> >only downtimes were for installing another network interface and
> >disk shelf and for switching a tape drive.
> >
> >() If someone logs on and then shuts down their terminal 
> >program without 
> >() logging out, no one else can log in until the box is rebooted.
> >
> >The telnet session is mirrored on the serial console, so in said
> >case you could logout there.  Nearly all commands can be done via
> >rsh as well if you want.
> >
> >() 	My problem with NetApp has always been that the management 
> >() interface was very minimal, and only one person can log in 
> >at a time. 
> >() 
> >() 	One of the reasons I always liked Auspex was that they had a 
> >() "host controller" that was a real Unix box (SunOS 4.1.x, as I 
> >() recall), and you could do real Unix things on them.
> >
> >Funny - exactly these are the things I like on the NetApp and
> >dislike on the Auspex.  Looks like we are entering the personal
> >taste zone here...
> >
> >    Ciao, Lobo
> >
> 
> 
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/* Robert Hajime Lanning                             lanning@lanning.cc
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