12 May
2006
12 May
'06
09:58
Anders Norrbring wrote:
I know all that.. :) What I'm up to is to build a NAS with as high throughput as possible, and the differencies between the two ways aren't significant in this case, it should just be storage... It doesn't matter if it's a mounted directory (NFS) or a mounted device (iSCSI).
If you have a concrete application in mind, then your best bet is to benchmark it. Performance may vary a lot, in particular with different patterns of meta-data access. Try it out. You have a dedicated GBit-switch for that, don't you? Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany