I'll chime in on that. We are a boot from SAN environment ( on the Windows side) and the benefits are great.
Reduce Server Footprints Centralized Image Management Disaster and Server Failure Recovery High Availability Rapid Redeployment Green This is taken directly from this MS doc: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=boot%20from%20san%20benefits&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.microsoft.com%2Fdownload%2Ff%2F9%2F7%2Ff9775acc-baa6-45cc-9dec-b82983705620%2FBoot%2520from%2520SAN%2520in%2520Windows.doc&ei=LhTpTs-ZHKfW0QHcwJX5CQ&usg=AFQjCNFXNSJ6YULX0LC1xyaeCn9xgkfAKg I agree with every point. The only exceptions we have are for a portion of your domain controllers. In our environment we have a number of power down exercises per year, and a lot of dependencies on AD. So we have (2) physical domain controllers here at our main site that use local disk, and one DC at each remote site uses local disk. This way we can power those up more quickly, and then bring the rest of the environment up that relies on AD. Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP Technical Support III Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: christopher_bod...@glic.com Phone: 610-807-6459 Fax: 610-807-6003 From: Brian Desmond <br...@briandesmond.com> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Date: 12/14/2011 04:01 PM Subject: RE: Boot from SAN I would start with “Why?”. Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132 From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:52 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Boot from SAN We have a team here that wants to use boot from SAN instead of boot from local for some servers. Any caveats to look for? David Lum Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
