My disclaimer is that I work for DataCore, but I'll try to keep any bias out of it.
I used DataCore's SANmelody Lite software to put together an iSCSI SAN using an old PC and a bunch of mismatched disk drives. The beauty of this system is that it serves block level I/O as opposed to file shares, so I can create and serve LUN's to any PC on my network, regardless of O/S. The other thing I like about it is the performance - since it utilizes a portion of the memory as dedicated I/O cache it is much faster than a NAS. Mine has 1.5GB cache across Gigabit ethernet, and it is a lot faster than any internal disk ever was. I also was worried about noise, but since it is a standard pc as the platform, I easily replaced the PSU and case fan, and it is now virtually silent. Anyway, I'm not trying to advertise (our true market is enterprise datacenters...), but I thought this might be an interesting solution for many here. Kook -- ob_kook SB2 --> Axiom passive pre --> Portal Paladin monoblocks --> Dynaudio Contour 1.3 MKII ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ob_kook's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1383 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38468 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
