Thanks to all for the information, it confirmed my earlier assessment. Looks like I'll be going with a storage on a stick solution.
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 9:34 PM, Joseph L. Casale <jcas...@activenetwerx.com > wrote: > Yea, it always is based on the release cycle being much slower. I am not > a fan of OF anyways. > > > > As for IET being incomplete? It doesn't support persistent reservations and > as far as HA on esx I have never done it but it supports multiple ini's > pointed to the same target and it does work. Lots of guys do it. I have used > it with esx (no vmotion) and windows/linux for a long time and it works _* > very*_ well. I think the majority of issues you see "documented" are > caused by improper setup, nothing is done for the user, so you must setup > all required parameters yourself. > > > > I had a CentOS box running 0.4.15 for 6 months with two windows ini's > pointed at it writing a continuous 50-80 gig a day w/o stopping. > > > > YMMV, > > jlc > > > > *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 11, 2008 7:06 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Anyone else using OpenFiler in a production environment? > > > > Eh? > > > > Openfiler uses IET. The current release of openfiler, is in fact BEHIND on > IET patches. > > > > I don't know freenas. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > > My blog: > http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael<http://theessentialexchange.com/blogs/michael> > > I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php > > > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, December 11, 2008 8:40 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Anyone else using OpenFiler in a production environment? > > > > The iscsi target on most distros has documented problems with VMWare, > especially with regard to HA functions. IIRC, IET is an incomplete > implementation of iSCSI. > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Greg Mulholland <g...@krystaltek.com> > wrote: > > Our storage requirements are pretty clear cut and needy so they were happy > to pay to do it properly. > > > > you dont need openfiler or freenas. just enable the iscsi target on most > linux distros (fedora etc) plenty of google reading on that > > > > Greg > ________________________________________ > From: Matthew W. Ross [mr...@ephrataschools.org] > Sent: Friday, 12 December 2008 9:09 AM > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Anyone else using OpenFiler in a production environment? > > We use OpenFiler here, with good results. > > Basically, if boils down to: If you want something you support yourself for > cheap (This is our case), use OpenFiler or FreeNAS. > > If you want something with paid support, especially for the hardware, go > with a commercial product. > > For us, the cost savings of OpenFiler iSCSI outweighed the support provided > by the Commercial iSCSI solutions. > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Greg Mulholland > [mailto:g...@krystaltek.com] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] > Sent: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 > 13:48:29 -0800 > Subject: RE: Anyone else using OpenFiler in a production > environment? > > > > i use it for our test clusters. but i wouldnt use it in production. Steve > > and i have had this discussion and he wont convince me. NEVER!!! > > > > Greg > > ________________________________ > > From: Steve Moffat [st...@optimum.bm] On Behalf Of NTSysAdmin > > [ntsysad...@optimum.bm] > > Sent: Friday, 12 December 2008 7:52 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Anyone else using OpenFiler in a production environment? > > > > I'll second Openfiler. Been using it to run a powervault 220s for 2 years > > now with not one issue. And if you need enterprise support they have that > > too. > > > > From: Sam Cayze [mailto:sam.ca...@rollouts.com] > > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:37 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: Anyone else using OpenFiler in a production environment? > > > > My ESX instructor learned us how to use OpenFiler, and he said many > > companies use it for production. > > > > I don't use it here, but I was very impressed with OpenFiler. Maybe at > > some point... > > > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 2:22 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Anyone else using OpenFiler in a production environment? > > > > Planning a move to VMWare ESX, and I'm evaluatiing my SAN choices. I > have > > OpenFiler in a production environment storing some of our data. On of our > > NAS box's flaked out on me, and I repurposed a server with Openfiler to > fill > > the void and try out iSCSI SAN features. I've been extremely happy with > the > > performance. Using it to run VM's and take advantage of High > Availability > > features is where I am having some pause. Wonder if anyone here has > already > > blazed this trail > > > > > > Thanks, > > Jonathan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
