RE: NetApps vs EMC

[Rayappa Mayakunthala <mrayappa@Wilco-int.com>]

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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