Shared NFS Solutions using Nimble

[rlawsoncu69]

We are in the process of planning to migrate off of NetApps onto Nimble Arrays.

One bit of functionality that NetApp has the Nimble does not is the ability to share a volume natives as an NFS volume - that is, the volume can be shared directly from the array as an NFS/CIFS share without having to mount it on a client somewhere.  We're actually fine without this functionality built in to Nimble.

We do need some sort of solution for NFS that's scalable, fault-tolerant, and widely distributable.  One solution we're looking at is GlusterFS; this is complex to set up but it seems doable.

I wanted to ask, though:  What are y'all doing for NFS shares of Nimble volumes to multiple Linux hosts?  What solutions have you engineered?

We'd prefer open-source solutions but are open to anything.

Thanks.

[jonathan_disley · Accepted solution]

Hi Richard,

There is a video on You Tube from earlier this year showing an example of how to create a 2 node NFS server with HA on Nimble. It is based on Linux and uses open source technologies such as Pacemaker and Corosync.  The video is available here: Highly Available NFS File Sharing with Nimble Storage - Physical Setup Demo - YouTube

I hope that helps you.

Best regards,

Jonathan