Re: [ADSM-L] SANERGY
2007-10-03 06:06:12
Thanks Remco
It concerne which release of SANergy ?
Regards
Pierre Cayé
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> Objet : Re: [ADSM-L] SANERGY
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> CAYE PIERRE wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking for feedback about use of SANergy.
> >
> > Looking for impressions, efficiency, applicable domains,
> problematics,
> > difficulties and so.
> >
> > I am studying possible implementation of SANergy for backup
> purpose in
> > wintel world (with AIX/TSM Server).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Pierre
>
>
> I have one big problem with SANergy, and that is that it
> requires a preload of a specific library on the 'client' to
> overload filesystem calls in those cases where a SANergy FS
> is involved. Thus it is a complete user-space solution and
> users might break their environment and thus make sanergy
> behave as a normal NFS filesystem.
>
> I've had (but this was way way back) problems starting apache
> when the sanergy libc was preloaded on at least one system,
> so at least at that time sanergy was actually capable of
> breaking working applications.
>
> Both experiences at that time made me decide that sanergy was
> not ready for production and I'd recommend against using it.
> If TSM were to support another SAN shared filesystem across
> your platforms in the future, one that does solve filesystem
> problems where they belong (in the kernel or at least below
> the VFS layer), that might solve your problems without
> introducing many new ones.
>
> Remember, that neither sanergy or anything like it, nor
> lan-free are free of charge, so maybe upgrading your lan
> and/or server might be cheaper for those nodes.
>
>
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