Hi all,

This is my first post and i'm new to Solaris (not completely, but effectively). 
I'm planning my new iSCSI SAN and i'm evaluating various products.

Right now i'm looking at :-

- OpenFiler on generic x86 hardware and a bunch of sata disks
- FreeNAS, as above

and now..

- OpenSolaris+ZFS+generic hw+bunch of sata disks

Basically my requirement is to throw 10 1TB SATA disks in a generic box and 
present the LUNs via iSCSI primarily to a vmware esxi host. I haven't sorted 
the motherboard out yet nor the disk controllers, so any recommendations would 
be appreciated. I will check the HCL though! This is just for home, so no 
server-grade stuff!

As far as performance goes, I appreciate i'm not going to get the same as I 
have at the moment with my file server and its DAS (300-500MB/sec), but I am 
wondering if it's possible to trunk iSCSI interfaces (normal NICs) on Solaris? 
I'm thinking that 2gbps will be adequate.

I'm a little confused though. There appears to be an iSCSI target project 
(albeit notes last updated last year I think), and the COMSTAR project (which 
i'm not sure if iSCSI support is ready(?) yet).. 


Any thoughts/comments/comparisons/warnings appreciated... :)
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