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Linux, Fibre Channel and SAN?

Posted by Cliff on from the has-a-year-made-any-difference dept.

cybermage asks: "I'm in the process of researching a dense storage system to provide storage for a web farm. I've found some cool boxes that provide 584GB in 2Us but am a bit puzzled about getting Linux to talk to them. After looking at this past article from July, I'm wondering if any new advances in with Linux and Fibre Channel SAN solutions and whether anyone out there has some practical advice/limitations on sharing a large SAN amongst several Linux servers?"

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  1. DataDirect Networks - SAN Data Director by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    dataDirect has a cool SAN appliance, and the company supports Linux.

    1. Re:DataDirect Networks - SAN Data Director by draziw · · Score: 2

      The cards they (and most folks) use in Linux are the Qlogic 2200 HBAs. The qlogic drivers are more solid than the drivers built into the Linux kernel.

  2. Fiber Channel card -- usage reports available by danpbrowning · · Score: 3

    I'm in the same situation, but my options are wide open (I haven't decided on any products yet). I have been researching Global File System (GFS) http://www.globalfilesystem.com.

    At that web site they have a section where you can see the current status of all the Fiber Channel controllers and drivers for Linux, including other people's experience with different FiberChannel cards.
    Namely, you can find it here: http://www.sistina.com/gfs/howtos/fibrechannel_how to/node6.html.
    Hope that helps.

    --
    Daniel