<div>Hi,</div>
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<div>I've been successfully using an Equallogic storage array with Microsoft software initiators for over a year now. It was very easy to set up and the performance is decent when you put it on a separate network. I set up a few volumes that are used by database and email servers.
<br><br>Guillermo</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/15/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Allan</b> <<a href="mailto:dave@dpallan.com">dave@dpallan.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Going back to the question of experience, has anybody on the list actually<br>implemented iSCSI? If so, what OS was the initiator and what did you use
<br>for targets? How easy was it to set up, and how stable was the result?<br><br>Dave<br><br><br>On Thu, 15 Jun 2006, Steve Revilak wrote:<br><br>> At my workplace, we have several shared filesystems (a combination of
<br>> NFS and samba/CIFS). They're adequate, but not without some level of<br>> headaches and hassles. (Fedora NFS being a particularly bad headache).<br>><br>> I've been starting to look at iSCSI as an alternative. I guess my
<br>> biggest question is whether it's a viable alternative for NFS/CIFS.<br>> I'm also curious as to how well it handles types of work that are<br>> traditionally reserved for `local disks' (eg - applications that need
<br>> reliable file locking).<br>><br>> Have any of you had experience with iSCSI?<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> bblisa mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:bblisa@bblisa.org">
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