RE: Network file servers

Posted in 1999

Willem Roos — Fri, 29 Oct 1999 08:22:15 +0200 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF21D5.F2782918 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" We use Network Appliances' NetApp filer. It is network atttached, not fiber or scsi or whatever - so the bandwidth depends on your connection: 10base = 1 MB/s, 100Base = 10MB/s, Fast Ethernet = 100MB/s and so on. You can use port trunking to combine two or more interface cards into one which doubles your bandwidth. We run Informix on it (they apparently have Informix certification) and get approx. 5-6 MB/s throughput. I know its not much but its better than local disks and we run a cheap shop. The filer (per its own spec) can do up to a max of +- 40MB/s. The advantage is it can be used from various platforms - NT, Unix etc etc. The filer supports NFS, CIFS and HTTP. HTH /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * Willem Roos Shoprite TSD * * (+27) 21 980 4941 * * If this message is not plain text, Outlook (in its wisdom) has decided it * * should not be. Apologies on behalf of M$. * * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Harvey [mailto:mikeh@quanta.co.nz] > Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 1:49 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Network file servers > > > I would be very interested in anyone's experience (opinion) > on the use of > network file servers for use as Informix database servers. > Particularly when > compared to locally attached disk. > > We have traditionally used raw disk with Raid 10, with > reasonable results. > > Thanks in advance > > Mike Harvey > Quanta Systems Ltd > Ph: +64-9-3023760 > Fax:+64-9-3023784 > Mikeh@quanta.co.nz > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF21D5.F2782918 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = 5.5.2448.0"> <TITLE>RE: Network file servers</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> We use Network Appliances' NetApp filer. It is = network atttached, not fiber or scsi or whatever - so the bandwidth depends on your = connection: 10base =3D 1 MB/s, 100Base =3D 10MB/s, Fast Ethernet =3D 100MB/s and so = on. You can use port trunking to combine two or more interface cards into one = which doubles your bandwidth. We run Informix on it (they apparently have Informix = certification) and get approx. 5-6 MB/s throughput. I know its not much but = its better than local disks and we run a cheap shop. The filer (per its = own spec) can do up to a max of +- 40MB/s. The advantage is it can be used = from various platforms - NT, Unix etc etc. The filer supports NFS, CIFS and = HTTP. HTH /* = ------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- *  * Willem = Roos           &n= bsp;           &n= bsp;           &n= bsp;           &n= bsp;   Shoprite TSD *  *         &n= bsp;           &n= bsp;           &n= bsp;           &n= bsp;            = (+27) 21 980 4941 *  * If this message is not plain text, Outlook = (in its wisdom) has decided it  *  * should not be. Apologies on behalf of = M$.           &nb= sp;           &nb= sp;          *  * = ------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- */ > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Harvey [<A = HREF=3D"mailto:mikeh@quanta.co.nz">mailto:mikeh@quanta.co.nz</A>]= > Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 1:49 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Network file servers > > > I would be very interested in anyone's = experience (opinion) > on the use of > network file servers for use as Informix = database servers. > Particularly when > compared to locally attached disk. > > We have traditionally used raw disk with Raid = 10, with > reasonable results. > > Thanks in advance > > Mike Harvey > Quanta Systems Ltd > Ph: +64-9-3023760 > Fax:+64-9-3023784 > Mikeh@quanta.co.nz > > </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF21D5.F2782918--

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