Jack Bailey jack@internetguy.net wrote:
Hello, I'm looking to build a CentOS server (or servers) with a SAN to support a large user base.
The storage solution will depend heavily on the topology.
All servers in same closet (same 25'): Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
All servers within the same building: Storage over TCP/IP (iSCSI) or Fibre-Channel Arbitrated-Loop (FC-AL)
Furthermore, I need to know ... - Your apps - Your clients - Other uses of the storage you can think of
Question: if you had a budget of $25K (or more if necessary), what you build?
I apologize for this, but I'd feel I'd be professionally negligent if I didn't at least point it out. If you have $25K to spend, and can afford recurring costs of $1-2K/year, then I'd highly recommend RHEL AS for the support aspects.
I'm interested mainly what hardware and software is best supported by the OS, but anything you have to say on the subject is welcome.
The HCL will at least cover the hardware compatibility aspects. RHEL AS comes with come clustering-failover capability when devices are attached to the same SAN.
I would really need to know what sort of topology you are considering, as well as the main uses of your servers/storage.