RE: comparison HP-san vs netapp

Sorry - vendor-specific terminology floating in. Vif = Virtual Interface. There's two modes - failover and link aggregation, and a couple of different ways to configure it. But, its a free and very stable feature of Data OnTap
(the Netapp OS), so there's no reason not to use it if you have multiple
ethernet interfaces.  

Thanks,
Matt

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Binley Lim
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 4:29 PM
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What is a "VIF on the filer"?
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Depending on the number of hosts on your theoretical SAN, Netapp will make
management much much easier.  And like Dick says, have at least two gigabit
cards in your hosts that are dedicated for your NFS throughput and dual
attachments in the 825 and set up VIF on the filer.  In the same way you
isolate your SAN traffic onto a dedicated link, you need to isolate your NFS
traffic.
 
Thinking long-term, Netapp is at the forefront of iSCSI and DAFS - protocols
that may or may not be successful long-term in the market (though I think
they will), but in a few years you will have an easier upgrade path to take
advantage of these when you decide you're ready to.
 
Thanks,
Matt
 


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