Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:26:54 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky <erich@alogt.com> To: k4t@3msg.es Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD ZFS advocacy Message-ID: <20150331092654.61bdb865@B85M-HD3-0.alogt.com> In-Reply-To: <20150330085304.GB14538@apple.rat.burntout.org> References: <20150330085304.GB14538@apple.rat.burntout.org>
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Hi, another attempt would be to promote ZFS and use FreeBSD as the vehicle to bring ZFS into the game for a low price. The alternative would be Sun/Oracle with a nice price tag. Erich On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:53:05 +0100 k4t@3msg.es wrote: > Hi, > > I'm proposing to a medium size enterprise to use a FreeBSD ZFS > installation on commodity hardware for a NAS/SAN storage > implementation. > > The actual implementation is quite small itself, around 8-12TB usable > space presented as iSCSI or cifs, for a TV recording system, with a > second device of similar capacity for a backup. > > However, the organisation is relatively conservative, and little > experience in Free software, with a background of purchasing > proprietary solutions. Part of this particular solution would be to > develop the organisations skills and trust in Free software > solutions, to help them going forward in purchasing decisions. > > I wonder if anyone has any user stories or blog posts etc, that they > could share, that would help provide some corroborating evidence for > the suitability of FreeBSD for this use. > > Thanks in advance, > > Kat
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