On 08/26/99 15:41:50 you wrote:
the fix was simple. i didn't realize that things were set up for synchronous writes. once i set it to asynchronous mode, write performance skyrocketed.
This sounds like such a mode doesn't commit the write to stable storage before responding to the client. Sure, performance will be great, but you'll lose data and have potential corruption the first time the machine goes down. This is hardly a winning quality.
to Bruce: the performance of this box is quite good actually. NetApp isn't the only game in town.
If you price/performance, multiprotocol, and ease of use are on your agenda, Netapp *is* the only game in town. With other vendors you only get to pick 2.
i sent my question to this list because from time to time people talk about systems from auspex, emc, and many others.
Well, people on the list are free to talk about what they chose, but I think the general idea is to discuss such systems only in relation to Netapp. Not "My Auspex isn't working, any ideas?" questions.
Bruce