Hi Arnaud, to your question:
>The idea : having a R710 with PERC 6E + SAS attachement (just single >path) to a MD3000 array and then installing ISCSI/NFS Software (of my >choice) on the R710 to access to the MD3000 array In this way you do not need to install special multipath software. >Does anybody used a MD3000 array as just as JBOD or RAID device with >software like Open-E, OpenFiler and configuring it without having to >install and use Dell Utility "Strorage Manager" ? So you can just use the SMCLI http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/md3000/ge/2ndGen/index.htm Regards >Hello, >i'm little bit bothered : I work on a project concerning centralized >storage for virtualization (and data also). I ordered several R710 and >three MD3000 storage array to act as centralized NFS/ISCSI storage >The idea : having a R710 with PERC 6E + SAS attachement (just single >path) to a MD3000 array and then installing ISCSI/NFS Software (of my >choice) on the R710 to access to the MD3000 array >Well, i planned to use NFS/ISCSI alternative software like Open-E, >Nexentastor, OpenFiler or maybe just an Debian with an NFS/ISCSI target >server >I think i should made a mistake, because i red in MD3000 documentation >that the array have to be configured and managed with Dell Powervault >Storage Manager utility (so running on Windows, RHEL, SUSE OS) and a >dedicated manager server ? >In fact, i misunderstand that i could just plug a MD1000 array with a >PERC 6E RAID controller to do that (i tought MD1000 were just cabinets >HDD extension for MD3000). >As the MD3000 hardware were ordered and will soon be delivered, i wonder >if i can use a MD3000 strorage array just as a MD1000 storage array >directly attached to the server with a PERC 6E RAID storage card >Does anybody used a MD3000 array as just as JBOD or RAID device with >software like Open-E, OpenFiler and configuring it without having to >install and use Dell Utility "Strorage Manager" ? >Thank you for your help >Arnaud
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