NetApp filer is fully supported for use with MS Exchange. I don't see how this could lead to a problem more than any direct-attaced storage.
NetApp choking on lots of small files? I don't think so. WAFL handles small files far better than most file systems notably UFS.
Waste of space? Maybe. NetApp uses 4K blocks so if you have lots of really small files <4K then you'll waste quite a bit of space.
Supak
--- Martin Hannigan hannigan@world.std.com wrote:
For both performance and supportability reasons,
it is extremely inadvisable
to put Exchange mailboxes/private stores/public
stores on anything other
than a filesystem which is directly-connected to
the NT server in question.
People do all sorts of odd things with NetApps
just because they can - and
don't get me wrong, I love my F740 - but this is
just plain crazy. For your
own peace of mind, don't do it.
So the netapp still chokes on lots of active small files i.e. like usenet news, etc? We were thinking about turning ours into a hardcore news spool..but I remember a few years ago there was some issue with the millions of < 64KB file sizes..
-M
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