Xsan (Apple) on FreeBSD

[Patrick Tracanelli]

Hello Jeff,

Jeff Mohler wrote:
> Im yet to hear of a large Xsan install that stayed Xsan once it grew.
> 
> Most, if not all, have gone to netapp or umm..Isilon (spelling) that ive 
> been close to.   Latest large dump of Xsan that I know of was Current TV 
> in San Francisco, for Isilon.

Hmm, good to know. I have tested XServe RAID only, which has shown to be 
a good solution as storage system for the usage profile I need, but 
Xsan, never saw it working. Believed it to be the usual path to follow, 
but have hear of people running Stornext instead of xsan.

So, now my question goes on a different path. Will Isilon OneFS run 
FreeBSD? I head from people at Zoic Studios it is based on FreeBSD, but 
I am not sure how true this information is. Anyway, "based on" wont 
always mean fully compatible.

Are you aware of OneFS running on FreeBSD?

Thanks Jeff.


> Beware the hype of Xsan, its a money pit.
> 
> Then ask em how long it all comes to a halt when a disk fails. 
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/1/07, *Patrick Tracanelli * <eksffa at freebsdbrasil.com.br 
> <mailto:eksffa at freebsdbrasil.com.br>> wrote:
> 
>     Hello,
> 
>     Anyone knows if I can have FreeBSD (in fact, many FreeBSD boxes)
>     acessing the same data on an XSan enviroment? Or, if StorNext FX works
>     on FreeBSD to access an XServe RAID storage system?
> 
>     What I need is having multiple FreeBSD boxes acessing the same data
>     on a
>     storage system (XServer preferrably).
> 
>     I would like to hear your suggestions and personal experiences.


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