 | | | RHEL + SAN feedback [long] | RHEL + SAN feedback [long] 2005-06-28 - By Brian Long
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> EMC wants you to run Powerpath, a closed-source driver.
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> We've been an EMC shop and an HP shop. Both generally work and you'll
> find cases where people have had issues with one or the other (or
> both). Both companies are reputable and stand behind their arrays. I
> personally think that HP is more dedicated to Linux and the open
> source community than EMC is. EMC supports Linux but doesn't seem to
> give back to the community like HP does (that's my perception which
> doesn't always match reality).
I agree with this statement. HP is very active in the open-source
community and I've not seen anything from EMC. Unfortunately, we're an
EMC-only shop (very bad experiences with the HP/Hitachi arrays) and
PowerPath RPMs on Linux suck. I wish Red Hat would require vendors to
take RPM training before certifying them as partners. This would go a
long way to making their customers happy.
In the PowerPath 3.x days (which we used up until recently), you
couldn't install the latest RPM and have everything. You had to install
one RPM (which basically installs files to a temp location and then runs
an install script in %post). You then installed the next version of the
RPM on top of the first one. If you didn't, you wouldn't have a full
product. :-(
Their latest PowerPath 4 RPM is better (and supports x86_64), but
working with them was hell. It's difficult to convince vendors of the
proper way to write RPMs.
Having said that, I have no experience with the EVA arrays mentioned.
They sound like pie.
/Brian/
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