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Article #500Re: how can more than one machine access the same files (read-only) on a SAN or NAS?
From: David A. Lethe
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 05:24
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 05:24
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2001 23:46:25 GMT, u912780761@spawnkill.ip-mobilphone.net wrote: >hi >my scenerio >a dozen of sun machines >a disk array > >my question >i would like to connect all the servers to the disk array with fibre >channel >could all the servers access the same LUN on the disk array with >only one server can write, the other servers can only read? >what HW/SW i need ? >is it possible for all ther servers to be able to read/write without >messing up the file? > > >thank you very much > Two choices 1) Use NFS 2) Buy SANergy Not aware of anything else which works unless you chunk your disk array and go with a NAS subsystemm. And no .. you can't just mount the disks in read-only mode on 9 computers and R/W on the 10th, unless you own the application software that writes everything, and you force a flush after every write. David
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