What are your current crappy iSCSI devices? On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Oliver Marshall < [email protected]> wrote:
> Well, there will be maybe 3 VMs running on each host, most likely VM will > have a redundant ‘spare’ running on the other physical host. The largest > will be about 400GB+ of space running Exchange 2010 for about 100 users. > Then perhaps a DC and a file server, and the latter will just be acting as a > witness server for the Exchange DAG servers. > > > > I like the idea of iSCSI franky but experience of the s*** end of the > market has put me off. Saying that the cost of the FC based setup puts me > off even more J > > > > Olly > > > > > > *From:* John Cook [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 31 January 2011 16:26 > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: iSCSI SANs vs FibreChannel SANs > > > > I have 3 MD3000/3200i SANs and they work wonderfully. That being said I > found that while the fiber has better throughput (we also have an old 2Gb > EMC AX150 fiber SAN) It was a lot more expensive to set up (Fiber switches > aren’t cheap) and of course you need some marginal capability in configuring > said switch. > > > > *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:* Monday, January 31, 2011 11:22 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: iSCSI SANs vs FibreChannel SANs > > > > Not a direct answer, but another shared storage option you could consider > for that setup is an MD3XXX. > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Oliver Marshall < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Chaps > > > > We’re buying some bits to build a basic VM platform so that we can get rid > of some old rack servers here. > > Being new to decent SANs (we have some crappy iscsi hardware that we just > use for dumping scrap data on) what are peoples thoughts of iSCSI SANs vs > FibreChannel SANs? We are planning on having two physical hosts (probably > Dell PE710s running either Hyper-V or ESXi) with a lump of shared storage on > a SAN but we are at odds here as to whether we should go iSCSI or FC. > > > > Any comments or suggestions? > > > > Olly > > ~ 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or > attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), > confidential and/or privileged material. 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