The generalization about the NASes/baby SANs is generally true, but they are on the HCLs of the major virtualization vendors.
On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Joseph L. Casale <[email protected] > wrote: > Yeah, cant agree on GUI, sorry. > > > That being said, the upper end Synology devices look like white box > servers running their own software? I am sure that is over generalizing but > I'd probably be tempted to simply stoke up a RHEL box running IET for which > I am very familiar with. I will keep them in mind though. > > > Thanks, > > jlc > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > on behalf of Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 28, 2015 12:52 PM > *To:* ntsysadm > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Entry level iSCSI san for small shop > > 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 >> >> >
