RE: Content Manager OnDemand with External Storage (NAS)

["Ingvaldson, Scott" <SIngvaldson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Chris -

Call me if you like, 515-267-2485.  We have about 6.5 million docs on a
fiber attached Shark.  It's configured as a UDFS and all we store on the
Shark are docs, all libraries are on internal DASD.  We've migrated most
of this from a 3995 over the last year.  Most of our apps are still WAF,
but the newer parts are CM.

Regards,
 
Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group
515-267-2485 

-----Original Message-----
date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:26:28 -0400
from: Chris Whisonant <Chris.Whisonant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Content Manager OnDemand with External Storage (NAS)

Long time since my last post...

Are there any CMoD iSeries customers who are storing data on an external

storage server? SAN/NAS/Shark? We currently have this working, but we
are 
concerned with support issues with IBM and Netapp. What we want to do is

migrate all of our CMoD data off a LAN-attached 3995 to disk of some
sort. 


According to Netapp's website: http://tinyurl.com/a6p4j they have a 
partnership with IBM to be a storage provider for DB2 CM. But let me say

that it's like pulling teeth to get IBM CMoD tech support to claim 
ownership of this. When we talk to them about mounting the network file 
system they claim to have no clue about this. Cost-wise, it is about 
$1,200 for a 144GB NAS drive. How much will it be for 3 70GB iSeries 
drives and a controller - 3 or 4x the cost of the one drive?

Anyway, I'm just looking for thoughts/suggestions. Thanks in advance.

Chris Whisonant
Comporium
Senior Mid-Range Systems Administrator
IBM eServer Certified Systems Expert - iSeries Technical Solutions V5R2
IBM Certified System Administrator - Lotus Notes and Domino 6/6.5
803.326.7270 | 803.326.6142 fax
http://cwhisonant.blogspot.com/