Red Hat and HP Establish Linux Storage Lab 82
Rob writes "Linux distributor Red Hat has teamed up with Hewlett-Packard to create a new
performance test lab to help customers deploy enterprise storage across Linux
environments. The lab will focus on performance and integration testing in order to
produce best practices and solutions guides, the companies said, and
will also enable customers to preview new technological developments."
Consolidation (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:Consolidation -even better... (Score:5, Interesting)
Is that too much to ask from a major computer vendor that claims to support Linux? I do not think so.
Re:Consolidation -even better... (Score:4, Interesting)
Another option for HP could be selling a blank system, and let the end user worry about the OS. With this approach, HP neatly avoids any liability, and still can be seen to be tacitly suppporting Linux.
It's about time that... (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:It's all about the GFS (Score:4, Interesting)
Who will be the next OEM... (Score:5, Interesting)
It was almost a given that HP would team up with some major Linux distro, given that they have a fair sized share of the corporate market. I'd open my eyes a little more if Dell or another primarily HSB (Home and Small Business) OEM were to start to offer Linux systems.
Of course, it'd also be nice if some of those manufacturers would also add Linux support for their peripheral products. There's so few good drivers for printers/scanners/all-in-ones, especially from HP (which I do tech support for), and tbh I don't have the coding skills to build my own. It's probably a big reason that Linux use is still relatively light on the HSB side.
SATA disks possibly (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Satan. (Score:2, Interesting)
Not exactly "linux" storage but... (Score:2, Interesting)
Imagine you have several remote sites accessing files on a centralised storage server. Just as an example, say it is a samba server which remote computers accessing it over SSH (like this [webservertalk.com]).
If you have a slow upload link (who doesn't), working with such a remote storage solution quickly becomes a problem.
Is there anything in the way of:
If I'm thinking this one right, that would give you instantaneous read/write access to unlocked files on the server (since access is local), the only slow down being how long it takes to get a file updated/unlocked on all the servers.
Re:Consolidation -even better... (Score:3, Interesting)
Barely supported.. (Score:3, Interesting)
Infact the entire Redhat/Oracle certificaition process is a nightmare.
Re:It's about time that... (Score:3, Interesting)
That could be awfully fun to watch.