Using Fibre Channel To Deploy Ifolder In A Storage Area Network - Novell IFOLDER 3.8 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Using Fibre Channel to Deploy
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iFolder in a Storage Area Network
Many organizations are providing round-the-clock operations and high-availability services to their
users. Integration with Novell
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iFolder behind cluster-enabled servers either through a Fibre Channel SAN (storage area network)
or through iSCSI.
Deployment using SAN and FC
Figure 9-1
If a SAN can meet your organization requirements, you can use Fibre Channel to deploy iFolder in a
SAN environment. This setup provides very good response (high performance low-latency data
transfers) for data requests (I/O) for iFolder users. If your deployment needs heavy data transfer
between users and the servers, you can also use the SAN with a Fibre Channel setup.
Organizations involved in multi-media invest in SANs for storage scalability and high- performance
data transfer rates. Implementing Novell iFolder in this scenario enables users to transfer data to and
from different users in a fast and reliable manner. Because iFolder performs a delta synchronization
of data, the data transfer is minimized and performance is increased. The users do not need to use
file system protocols (CIFS/AFP/NFS) to access or share files.
The following sections describe the deployment in SAN environment through Fibre Channel.
Section 9.1, "iFolder Configuration," on page 44
Section 9.2, "Web Admin and Web Access Server Configuration," on page 44
Section 9.3, "Planning," on page 44
Section 9.4, "Key Benefits," on page 44
Section 9.5, "Scalability Parameters," on page 44
Section 9.6, "Deployment Scenarios," on page 44
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Cluster Services helps these organizations to deploy Novell
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