Thanks. We are having a conference call with Dell today to get the
final pricing on the boxes. If it is reasonable then I think we are
going to do it. Hopefully there won't be too many surprises...

-steve

On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 22:08 -0300, Alexandre Benson Smith wrote:

> Steve Wiser wrote:
>
> >Hi All,
> >
> > Anyone here use a SAN to store the database files and have the
> server
> >connected to the SAN over Fibre channel? If so, how do you like it?
> >
> > We are trying to get a handle on our fast growing storage needs and
> >adding hard drives to individual servers (and their backup servers)
> is
> >starting to get out of control. I am assuming that
> Interbase/Firebird
> >will not have a problem with a SAN as I think the OS thinks that the
> >hard drive is local, but I am not 100% sure.
> >
> > We are thinking about starting off with a 3 TB SAN from Dell and
> >attaching it to 8 of our servers, but I would love to hear if anyone
> >else is doing this and if so how it is going, any pitfalls to avoid,
> >etc.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Steve
> >
> >
> >
> Steve,
>
> No experience with it :-(
>
> But I think if you ensure that no other FB Engine access the same
> database file, you will be ok.
>
> see you !
>
> --
>
> Alexandre Benson Smith
> Development
> THOR Software e Comercial Ltda.
> Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
> www.thorsoftware.com.br
>
>
>


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