[BBLISA] 10+ TB RAID experiences?

[Sean Lutner]

Sun's new file system, ZFS, also offers the same type of snapshot  
capabilities. Their x4500 server (aka thumper) can give you up to  
24Tb of storage and it's managed the same way any other Solaris 10  
system is. It's a nice product for the mid-range (less expensive) NAS  
tier.

http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4500/

On Aug 22, 2007, at 12:52 PM, Arthur Gaer wrote:

> My understanding--from a few years ago--was that NetApp's  
> filesystem snapshot facility was something of a side-effect of  
> NetApp's propriety WAFL file system/implementation and that it  
> would be quite difficult for another filesystem to provide the same  
> types of snapshots.
>
> Perhaps the technology of other vendors/filesystems has changed in  
> the intervening years, however.
>
> Arthur Gaer
> gaer at math.harvard.edu
>
> Senior Systems Manager, Department of Mathematics
> Harvard University, 617-495-1610, FAX: 617-495-5132
>
>
> On Aug 22, 2007, at 12:45 PM, Jeff Wasilko wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 12:36:21PM -0400, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
>>> Let me clarify -
>>>
>>> I'm wondering what companies, other than Network Appliance, also
>>> incorporate snapshot capability?   Maybe they all do, and use  
>>> different
>>> wording, or some implementations are better/preferred than others?
>>
>> The Engenio-based RAID arrays can do volume snapshots, but that's
>> a different thing than filesystem snapthots.
>
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