Storage Area Network as a tlug meeting topic

[William Muriithi]

Ken

2009/4/29 Ken Burtch <ken-8VyUGRzHQ8IsA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org>

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> The SAN guy where I work says he might be interested in preparing a Linux
> SAN talk, if he's got time to prepare one.  Might need a little arm
> twisting.
>

Thank, please do the necessary "arm twisting". We would highly appreciate.

Regards,

William

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> On Wed, 29 Apr 2009, William Muriithi wrote:
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>  Hi,
>>
>> I am interested in learning more about SAN and it looks like its not
>> going to be that easy. The biggest reason is that these hardware are
>> rare and working with one is more like a privilege - akin to using
>> supercomputers. The second reason is, there is I can not seem to find
>> a book that present the material in an interesting and practical way.
>> I naturally went to O'Reilly as I like the way they present material
>> but their book on the topic is dated. 2002 is a century in the world
>> of technology. It would  not have anything to do with native multipath
>> stuff for Linux for example.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipath_I/O
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>> I am wondering if anyone among us have been lucky to work extensively
>> with SAN and would be willing to share the knowledge. I think we could
>> all gain by exchanging experience on the subject, for example on:
>>
>> - Good practical reference we have come across -  be either books or web
>> links.
>> -  Share experience on hardware performance, especially when using
>> multipathd and Linux in general. Yeah, I could get that information
>> from the white page, but I will be frank and say I do not trust
>> marketing department.
>> -  Any interesting way of gaining experience on the subject without
>> parting with thousands of dollars.
>>
>> Ah, one observation, wikipedia has a very good introduction article on
>> it. I especially liked their diagrams.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> William
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