This is software that essentially turns commodity hardware into your dedicated storage appliance. I would've been very interested in this a few months ago. I'll continue to follow it going forward. Let's face it, storage appliances are commodity hardware, with some specialized IP which may or may not be in an ASIC. You're paying a premium for the IP. If another entity has just as good IP and is willing to sell it at a discount to their competitors, I'm going to watch and pay attention...
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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