nate wrote: > Rudi Ahlers wrote: > > >> This raises an interesting question. What do you do in this kind of >> scenario? How do you upgrade a NAS / SAN with say 5 / 10 TB worth of data? >> > > Lots of the more modern enterprise arrays support online upgrades. > Some of them even support re-distributing data across the new spindles > to maximize performance/limit hot spots. > > I personally wouldn't want to purchase any storage array that will > have important data on it that doesn't have these abilities. > > My favorite storage company - 3par has some of the more advanced online > optimizations, sample - > > http://www.3par.com/documents/3PAR-do-ds-08.0.pdf > > Grow data online, convert between RAID levels online, migrate data > between spindle types(FC<->SATA) online etc. Create a volume, and > you never have to worry about answering the question 'is it really > optimal?' because you can change it at any time without application > impact or downtime. > > nate > > _______________________________________________ > Nate, what EXACTLY does that have todo with the topic? We're talking about a self-build NAS / SAN running on Linux (and UNIX), NOT a commercial product -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff