You'd probably rarely have to go into the console itself. Doing things like Dell hardware updates and the like isn't something you do a hell of a lot of. That's probably the only time I find myself digging in ESX consoles. Admittedly though ESX itself is a little friendlier than ESXi
On 31 January 2011 16:54, Oliver Marshall <[email protected]>wrote: > Yeah I really like ESXi but somehow the lack of a…..windows-like OS puts me > off of it. Something about having a “real” desktop there to do things on in > case we need it. > > > > Is that mad (or a sign of impending madness) ? > > > > > > -- > > G2 Support > > Network Support : Online Backups : Server Management > > > > Email: [email protected] > > Web: http://www.g2support.com > > > > > > *From:* Jim Holmgren [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 31 January 2011 16:51 > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: iSCSI SANs vs FibreChannel SANs > > > > Bear in mind that Equalogic = Dell, so your source for the MD3220i should > be the same as your source for EQL. > > > > Re: HyperV vs ESXi – can’t say much for HyperV as I’ve no real experience > with it, but I do know firsthand that EQL does work *very* nicely with > ESXi. > > > > Jim > > > > *From:* Oliver Marshall [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, January 31, 2011 11:48 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: iSCSI SANs vs FibreChannel SANs > > > > Thanks all. Good to know. I’ll spec out the prices for the MD3220i (which > appears to the be the UK model) and also speak to Equalogic too. > > > > Next up….HyperV or ESXi J > > > > > > > > > > -- > > G2 Support > > Network Support : Online Backups : Server Management > > > > Email: [email protected] > > Web: http://www.g2support.com > > > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 31 January 2011 16:44 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: iSCSI SANs vs FibreChannel SANs > > > > iSCSI will work just fine for hosting a VM environment, as well as some > other workloads. > > > > If you already have a FC infrastructure, then that's not a bad reason to go > there, but iSCSI is very mature and stable and good performance if you don't > purchase the cheapest equipment you can find. > > > > First, as others have pointed out, you need to size up your needs... > > > > *ASB *(My Bio via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) > *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* > > > > > > 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. 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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 > > > > > > Network Support > Online Backups > Server Management > > [image: Image removed by sender.] > > Tel: 0845 307 3443 > > Email: [email protected] > > Web: http://www.g2support.com > > Twitter: g2support <http://twitter.com/home?status=@g2support> > > Newsletter: http://www.g2support.com/newsletter > > Mail: 2 Roundhill Road, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 3RF > > > > Have you said something nice about us to a friend or colleague ? > > Let us say thanks. 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