[BBLISA] Fileserver opinion

[Edward Ned Harvey]

> From: bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org [mailto:bblisa-bounces at bblisa.org] On
> Behalf Of John Orthoefer
> 
> ZFS doesn't support Phone home.  So when the filer is having an issue a
> replacement part and a service tech show up and replace it for you.

True, only if you buy non-Sun hardware.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sun+asr&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Then again, that's part of what zenoss/nagios/etc are for.


> But I really believe the TCO of a Netapp is lower than a homebrew
> solution.

That may be true in some cases, but not always.  And anyway, that's what the
7000 series of sun filers is for.