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.


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