>>>>> "Darren" == Darren Sykes <
Darren.Sykes@...> writes:
>> We've done that, but when a single project out grows a volume, then we
>> start needing to shuffle data... it's a pain.
>>
>> If I could have more volumes, then I'd use them over qtrees, but then
>> when an Aggr fills, I need to move volumes. It's a pain.
>>
>> That's why I like the idea of the Acopia product. I wish NetApp would
>> realize that and come out with their own storage virtualization
>> product to put in front of backend NetApps. Would be really nice.
>>
>> Course I'm a mostly NFS only shop.
Darren> Aren't you basically describing ONTAP GX (on the fly volume
Darren> moves, 1000 volumes per pair of filers, up to 24 filers using
Darren> a single namespace which can be used to stitch volumes
Darren> together etc)?
But GX doesn't support SnapVault at all, and we need (maybe?) it for
our DR work across our WAN. Maybe if we consolidated down to just a
couple of sites and mirrored them across the country GX would work. I
doubt it though.
John
