We're very pleased with the performance of our iSCSI solutions relative to the older FC solutions -- especially based on the cost savings.
* * *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > Awesome. Thanks, John. > > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:52 PM, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We have it at the Dayjob, we started with an Equalogic AX150 FC and have >> added a Dell MD3200i. All of our ESX hosts use both as storage. The FC SAN >> will be going away soon, it’s 5 yrs + old and needs to retire.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *John W. Cook***** >> >> *System Administrator***** >> >> *Partnership For Strong Families* >> >> *5950 NW 1st Place* >> >> *Gainesville, Fl 32607* >> >> *Office (352) 244-1610***** >> >> *Cell (352) 215-6944***** >> >> *MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP**4, VTSP4***** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 12, 2011 3:46 PM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: QNAP iSCSI target for ESX 4.1**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Cool. Thanks.**** >> >> **** >> >> Any thoughts about a mixed FC + iSCSI datastore environment like I'm >> thinking about? I'm sure people do it all the time, but we've been 100% FC >> up to now. The potential cost savings of adding a '2nd tier' iSCSI SAN over >> expanding the EVA are very compelling.**** >> >> On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 2:17 PM, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote:*** >> * >> >> I have a small QNAP at home running as an iSCSi target for my ESX4 boxes, >> works great. I can’t think of any huge differences between 4 and 4.1 that >> would cause any problems (we have 4.1 at the dayjob)**** >> >> **** >> >> *John W. Cook***** >> >> *System Administrator***** >> >> *Partnership For Strong Families***** >> >> *5950 NW 1st Place***** >> >> *Gainesville, Fl 32607***** >> >> *Office (352) 244-1610***** >> >> *Cell (352) 215-6944***** >> >> *MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4***** >> >> **** >> >> *From:* Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 12, 2011 2:09 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* QNAP iSCSI target for ESX 4.1**** >> >> **** >> >> Anyone using a QNAP device as an iSCSI target in a VMware ESX 4.1 >> production environment? Any experiences you can share?**** >> >> **** >> >> On a related note, I'm thinking of adding some iSCSI datastores in >> addition to the ones already presented via FC from my EVA. Any reason >> that's not a good idea? 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