A single iSCSI initiator would limit you to one server connected via iSCSI at a time.
-sc From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 8:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SAN solutions Ok, I'll admit to being extremely "green" when it comes to this sort of thing (and I don't mean "green" in the energy efficient sense either J) Can you explain what you mean when you say it can only support one iSCSI initiator at a time? Does that mean that if I connect the SAN to the server and share the files out over that server, that only one person at a time can access the data? From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 6:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SAN solutions Be careful, a lot of SMB SAN's support only one iscsi initiator at a time. On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 5:01 PM, John Aldrich < [email protected]> wrote: Well, according to the sales guy, a few years ago Hitachi decided they wanted to start making SANS for the SMB market and started producing SANs with no frills... pretty bare bones storage, but with replication on-board. J Although he didn't *say* it is sounds like there are certain pre-configured packages that they offer and that's it. In case anyone's curious they are called Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100. I'm looking at 6 Terabytes in a RAID 6 configuration with dual controllers and on-board replication (still to be determined if it replicates *everything* or just the changes!) and installation, and 3 year nbd warranty for just over $21,000. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 4:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SAN solutions +1 ASB Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ________________________________ From: Kevin Lundy <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:01:44 -0500 To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> Subject: Re: SAN solutions Assuming these are HDS - you need to make sure and also get all the management tools priced. That is one thing I discovered with HDS a couple of years ago - they don't include anything from a s/w perspective. And at the price below, I'm not sure it is HDS. Unless they have come out with an entry level line of products, I don't think you can get what you describe for any where near 20k. On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:56 PM, John Aldrich < [email protected]> wrote: Ahh... Got a sales guy who used to work for CDW who thinks he can hook me up with two dual-controller SANs, including on-board replication for a hair over $20K. That's for about 6 Terabytes. I'll ask for more info in that case. J From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 3:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SAN solutions Hitachi (HDS) makes some awesome SANs. One of the tier 1 providers. Tier 1 price as well. On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:45 PM, John Aldrich < [email protected]> wrote: Just wondering if any of you have heard of NexSan? What about Hitachi?? Any thoughts on either of these as a SAN vendor? I'm still trying to find someone who'll really "wow" me with their product and give me what I need for a price I can afford and get Management to sign off on. J ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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