Most SANs are going to have a good GUI or a poor one. (Frankly, most SAN GUIs are pretty good these days).
It's not common to see "good CLI" as a highly requested feature in a storage array, but the Synology devices can be managed okay via SSH. I greatly prefer the GUI, though, for SAN management. *ASB **http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market…* On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Joseph L. Casale <[email protected] > wrote: > They are an HP show, however I am open minded but it does make sense. > For example all the sff trays and drives will move from server to san > saving them much money which is key for them. > > > > As far as the software, as I have to use it I would like to have a good > reliable CLI however that appears to be not so common on cheap sans now > adays. I presume I stuck with some web based app. I don’t need or expect > much at the 1040’s price point that is for sure. > > > > jlc > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Don Ely > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2015 11:47 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Entry level iSCSI san for small shop > > > > Why are you limiting yourself to just HP storage? There are bunch of > suitable storage providers for a shop of your size... What are your > expectations of the storage software? > > > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 10:43 AM Joseph L. Casale < > [email protected]> wrote: > > I am working with a shop that is growing and they need to add some > shared storage to 3 esxi servers each with DAS. We are looking at an HP MSA > 1040 2-port 10G iSCSI Dual Controller SFF Storage, anyone have or know of > these and have an opinion? > > > > Thanks, > > jlc > >
