Ok. Thanks.
John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:20 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SAN solutions You will want to segregate your SAN traffic as much as possible. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 6:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SAN solutions Ahh. Well, I'm not sure how well that'd work out, although if I can have the second server set up to connect if the primary server goes down, that shouldn't be a problem, but I'd prefer to have both primary and backup server connected at all times, "just in case." J I'll definitely keep that in mind. Any other things I should look out for? Would you guys recommend having a dedicated "iSCSI Adapter" (dedicated NIC) for the iSCSI connection or do you think sharing the traffic on the existing NIC would be sufficient? I have a second connection available on the existing NIC (dual-port NIC) on each server, so I guess I could use that. Currently our servers are just loafing, so I think I've got enough horsepower to act as the "gateway" device for the SAN, just a question of if the network can handle the load. J I think, since I have extra fiber pairs available, I'll probably run a dedicated channel for the primary SAN here at the main plant and figure something out for the SAN at the D/R site later. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 8:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SAN solutions A single iSCSI initiator would limit you to one server connected via iSCSI at a time. -sc From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 8:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SAN solutions Ok, I'll admit to being extremely "green" when it comes to this sort of thing (and I don't mean "green" in the energy efficient sense either J) Can you explain what you mean when you say it can only support one iSCSI initiator at a time? Does that mean that if I connect the SAN to the server and share the files out over that server, that only one person at a time can access the data? John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 6:32 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SAN solutions Be careful, a lot of SMB SAN's support only one iscsi initiator at a time. On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 5:01 PM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote: Well, according to the sales guy, a few years ago Hitachi decided they wanted to start making SANS for the SMB market and started producing SANs with no frills. pretty bare bones storage, but with replication on-board. J Although he didn't *say* it is sounds like there are certain pre-configured packages that they offer and that's it. In case anyone's curious they are called Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100. I'm looking at 6 Terabytes in a RAID 6 configuration with dual controllers and on-board replication (still to be determined if it replicates *everything* or just the changes!) and installation, and 3 year nbd warranty for just over $21,000. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: asbz...@gmail.com [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 4:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SAN solutions +1 ASB Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry _____ From: Kevin Lundy <klu...@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:01:44 -0500 To: NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Subject: Re: SAN solutions Assuming these are HDS - you need to make sure and also get all the management tools priced. That is one thing I discovered with HDS a couple of years ago - they don't include anything from a s/w perspective. And at the price below, I'm not sure it is HDS. Unless they have come out with an entry level line of products, I don't think you can get what you describe for any where near 20k. On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:56 PM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote: Ahh. Got a sales guy who used to work for CDW who thinks he can hook me up with two dual-controller SANs, including on-board replication for a hair over $20K. That's for about 6 Terabytes. I'll ask for more info in that case. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Kevin Lundy [mailto:klu...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 3:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SAN solutions Hitachi (HDS) makes some awesome SANs. One of the tier 1 providers. Tier 1 price as well. On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:45 PM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> wrote: Just wondering if any of you have heard of NexSan? What about Hitachi?? Any thoughts on either of these as a SAN vendor? I'm still trying to find someone who'll really "wow" me with their product and give me what I need for a price I can afford and get Management to sign off on. J John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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