do you need different checkpoint (snapshot) schedules for different pieces of the data ?
Do you want to replicate or add replication later on ?
whats your backup strategy and how large are your tapes ?
For a small system there is no problem putting all the shares in one file system - unless you need different settings like access-policy (multi-protocol) or checkpoint/replication or others that are defined on a per file system basis.
I.e. look at all the options for server_mount and ask yourself if there is anything there you want to turn on/off for only part of your data.
You might want to look at treequotas - i.e. make users and data a treequota so that can specify a max size
And also if you can benefit from our home directory functionality
to add to Rainer comments ..take a look at "Access based Enumeration", same functionality is available in Windows 2003 SP1. This might affect your design and hopefully simplify it.
Rainer_EMC
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April 11th, 2008 11:00
it depends on a number of factors, like
how much data ?
do you want/need multiple CIFS servers ?
how many shares ?
do you need different checkpoint (snapshot) schedules for different pieces of the data ?
Do you want to replicate or add replication later on ?
whats your backup strategy and how large are your tapes ?
For a small system there is no problem putting all the shares in one file system - unless you need different settings like access-policy (multi-protocol) or checkpoint/replication or others that are defined on a per file system basis.
I.e. look at all the options for server_mount and ask yourself if there is anything there you want to turn on/off for only part of your data.
You might want to look at treequotas - i.e. make users and data a treequota so that can specify a max size
And also if you can benefit from our home directory functionality
Rainer
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April 11th, 2008 12:00