6 Apr
2008
6 Apr
'08
8:13 a.m.
On Sat, 5 Apr 2008, Sean Conner wrote:
Chapter 14---I don't know anyone using NFS
anymore (I think the last time
I saw NFS in a commercial setting was the late 90s, and even at home, I
don't use NFS all that much). But replace NFS with Samba, and it's spot on
(more or less).
I'd say it's use has if anything grown. Modern data centers often have
dedicated GigE NFS LANs. Good for consolidated storage and portability
useful in HA and virtualised platforms, but cheaper than SAN. And NAS
vendors such as NetApp have gone to great pains to get folks such as
Oracle to certify their technology in such configurations.
Andrew