We are in the process of installing our F760 Clusters this/next week. We will be putting them through rigorous testing before placing them online as production.
Today we installed boot firmware 2.1_a2, Data OnTap 5.2.1 and installed the hardware. We will connect the failover equipment in the coming week. I will keep you all posted on our progress.
Secondly, Auspex NS2000 does not support clustering today. It is scheduled for sometime in September. For failover today, you would need the NS4000. You buy two systems and one is a mirror of the master. You may also want to consider EMC. They are new to the NFS market but are making great strides. -gdg
Russ Amidon wrote:
Hello Everyone,
I am about to purchase two F760's w/ Cluster Failover Software and Hardware because we need a system that is 100% available and rock solid. I was convinced after talking to other Net App users that this was the way to go. After a week of reading this mailing list, I am no longer convinced. Does anyone out there have the system I described? Are you happy with it? I am particularly concerned about the fiber channel problems and all of the OS upgrades and patches.
We are also considering the new Auspex NS2000. Does anyone know of an Auspex mailing list like this one?
Thank you in advance for any advise you can offer to the "future newbie".
Russ Amidon UNIX Sys Admin