No matter what you do, if you want intelligent storage, you're going to be purchasing a controller (whether integrated or discrete). Two, if you want redundancy.
How you do that is up to you, and can involve as few as two separate components or a dozen. *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:30 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected] > wrote: > Yeah… but the point is I’m trying to take the storage roll **off** the > existing two servers and put the storage on a dedicated storage appliance. > Hooking an external raid array to the existing servers wouldn’t do me much > good in that respect. J > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, October 16, 2009 10:42 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Starwind 5.0 > > > > You can run the controller software on existing servers, depending on their > function and load. > > And there are multiple ways to connect to the storage you need, including > SCSI and FC and iSCSI > > *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> > *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* > > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 9:37 AM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Exactly… To have redundancy, I’d have to build/buy two more servers to > attach to what are essentially external raid arrays, correct? > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, October 16, 2009 9:33 AM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Starwind 5.0 > > > > One server can manage multiple SANs. You should consider redundancy, > though. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"John Aldrich" <[email protected]> > > *Date: *Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:25:43 -0400 > > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > > *Subject: *RE: Starwind 5.0 > > > > Ah. Never mind then. J I don’t want to build two new servers to have two > SANs. I want it all built together. J > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, October 16, 2009 9:03 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Starwind 5.0 > > > > Essentially, yes. You build a server with gobs of storage attached, and > then run this software on it to present it to your infrastructure as an > iSCSI storage network. > > *ASB *(My XeeSM Profile) <http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker> > *Providing Competitive Advantage through Effective IT Leadership* > > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:32 AM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for that link. I filled out a request for more info. That being > said, it looks like it’s trying to use your server as the “brains” for the > SAN, is that right? > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Benjamin Zachary - Lists [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:07 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Starwind 5.0 > > > > For those looking for small/medium sized SANS w/o the expense. The latest > SW5 has HA now .. Ive got their older version running in my datacenter and > its been decent no real complaints on performance for the price. > > > > http://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-v5-preview > > > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.421 / Virus Database: 270.14.20/2440 - Release Date: 10/16/09 > 06:32:00 > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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