TruCluster as Fileserver ?

From: Gerhard Nolte <gnolte_at_gwdg.de>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 11:13:03 +0100

Dear Gurus,

For a group of about 20 power users we are looking for a high
available fileserver (NFS). We think about two Alphas with MemoryChannel,
TruCluster software and a raid array as storage media.


- Do we need the "TruCluster Production Server Software" for simple
fileservices (with failover and loadbalancing) or is the "Available
Server SW" sufficient?

- Are ATM interface cards supported by software and hardware (the SPDs talk
about Ethernet and FDDI interfaces)?

- Is other hardware supported (e.g. AlphaServer 1000) by memory channel and
"TruCluster Production Server Software" (SPDs start with AlphaServer 2000,
that might be oversized for this situation)?

- The most important question: Does anyone of you has experience with
TruCluster and MemoryChannel as fileserver?

TIA
Gerhard

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Gerhard Nolte
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MPI fuer Stroemungsforschung, Bunsenstr. 10, 37073 Goettingen, Germany
Received on Thu Feb 06 1997 - 11:35:56 NZDT

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