Doh! I just ordered a TS-859U-RP+ and 9 drives (on the supported list) from Newegg yesterday.
Thank you very much for the information and thoughtful review. I might order a smaller unit as a spare for emergencies. On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Ben Serebin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Richard,**** > > ** ** > > I have 5 different models of QNAPs all running iSCSI from > ESXi. I run VMs directing from them and use others for storage LUNs and > while QNAP is rock solid, I would NOT recommend QNAP in a production VM > running environment unless you’re willing to deal with a 1 week RMA process > with no Advance RMA options. Outside of this, performance is excellent when > you separate interfaces and VLAN it. My concern is support, since I had 1 > unit experience NIC issues, and it was a real challenge to get them to swap > the unit. Having said that, Cisco sells rebranded QNAPs (3-4 different > models) and offers proper business support. If you want to deploy this > right, buy via Cisco. Also, make sure you hard drives you buy are on the > QNAP compatibility list.**** > > ** ** > > *Rebranded QNAPs from Cisco* > > > http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/solutions/small_business/products/storage/nss300/index.html > **** > > ** ** > > Good luck,**** > > -Ben**** > > ** ** > > *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? We have a number of VMs that don't have significant I/O > requirements (think WSUS servers and the like) that I'm thinking of moving > off of the expensive storage to an inexpensive iSCSI solution such as a QNAP > array.**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > RS**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
