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Re: [Networker] Upgrade Time... (7.4.4 to 7.5.1)

2009-09-03 19:41:20
Subject: Re: [Networker] Upgrade Time... (7.4.4 to 7.5.1)
From: "Hawkins, Michael" <Mike.Hawkins AT TDSECURITIES DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 18:37:05 -0500
I've got 4 storage nodes, 3 are NAS direct attached 1 server 75 clients and 
30TB. The NAS push the LTO3's at 130-150mbs. The rest 50-60. 

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Subject: Re: [Networker] Upgrade Time... (7.4.4 to 7.5.1)

I'm trying to figure out why people have so many storage nodes...  10,
really?

I've got a fairly beefy backup environment, about 36TB on the weekends and a
lot of boxes 100+.  And I'm doing this all on a single Sun T5240... doesn't
even seem to be cracking a sweat.

Seems to me... any modern machine can handle:
    Atleast 6 1GB NIC's if not 2-4 10gb NIC's...  so that's 7-40gb/s
inbound...
    Atleast 2-4 dual ported 4gb HBA's... So that's 16gb/s outbound...

    And a modern 4x4 Intel server or a 100+ coolthread Sun server can easily
move that much bandwidth...

    So why so many boxes?


Are all the storage nodes regional -- if so, I completely understand.
Are all these storage nodes for doing snapshot backups (which I've learned
to despise and not value at all)?
Is it because you're using a Windows infrastructure?
Or Legacy?

Am I missing a boat somewhere?

Chester, can you explain why you have 10 storage nodes to solve my
curiosity?

Alec

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Tim Mooney <Tim.Mooney AT ndsu DOT edu> wrote:

> In regard to: [Networker] Upgrade Time... (7.4.4 to 7.5.1), Chester
> Martin...:
>
>  I have two questions:
>>
>> 1)      Do the networker server and all the storage nodes need to run
>> the same version?  I have over 10 storage nodes and didn't know whether
>> or not I needed to upgrade all of them at the same time.
>>
>
> Yes.
>
>  2)      Is there anything important I'm leaving out?
>>
>
> Most upgrade documents recommend you check client indexes and the media
> database before doing an upgrade
>
>        nsrck -L6
>        nsrim -vX
>
> Tim
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