ob_kook;228548 Wrote: > My disclaimer is that I work for DataCore, but I'll try to keep any bias > out of it. > > I used DataCore's SANmelody Lite software to put together an iSCSI SAN > using an old PC and a bunch of mismatched disk drives. The beauty of > this system is that it serves block level I/O as opposed to file > shares, so I can create and serve LUN's to any PC on my network, > regardless of O/S. > > The other thing I like about it is the performance - since it utilizes > a portion of the memory as dedicated I/O cache it is much faster than a > NAS. Mine has 1.5GB cache across Gigabit ethernet, and it is a lot > faster than any internal disk ever was. > > I also was worried about noise, but since it is a standard > pc as the platform, I easily replaced the PSU and case fan, and it is > now virtually silent. > > Anyway, I'm not trying to advertise (our true market is enterprise > datacenters...), but I thought this might be an interesting solution > for many here. > > Kook
Can you go into a little more detail on how this actually works. -- chepnut ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chepnut's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8187 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38468 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
