[Snip] PS: Karl, I actually found your instructions on setting up ESXi with FreeNAS and iSCSI last week when I tackled that very subject here at work - it was a very interesting read. I really think you can expand on it that though, if you ever get time :P
[/Snip] Mauirixxx, Sorry, I missed this the first time around until someone else asked me about FreeNAS/ESX/ESXi and iSCSI and mentioned your post. Anyway, sure - i'm always down for nerdspeak, Grab me via email or via IM sometime... But for what it's worth, FreeNAS is a dog compared to OpenFiler for Cheap iSCSI :) Our entire infrastructure at TrashedGamers.com is built on ESXI & VI3, and we can do pretty much everything with openfiler twice as fast than with FreeNAS (even the exotic stuff like vmotion/storage vmotion). The only reason I kept plugging away at FreeNAS and ESXI was because everywhere I read, people said it couldn't be done because of how it was implemented in bsd. While i'm an aging Unix guy at heart, there's no question that Openfiler (which is based on rpath linux) is way faster. As for anyone else on this list, if you've ever considered doing a full bare-metal esxi + iscsi implementation , I'll be more than happy to help anyone out. It's pretty amazing how much stuff you can do with the lowly q6600 CPU :) -Karl _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
