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Hobbiest SAN suggestions
I'd like to play around with a small inexpensive SAN at home. Storage
capacity or performance is not a concern something like a 4 or 5 year old EMC, HP or IBM box. Any suggestions? |
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Hobbiest SAN suggestions
On May 5, 9:37 pm, wrote:
I'd like to play around with a small inexpensive SAN at home. Storage capacity or performance is not a concern something like a 4 or 5 year old EMC, HP or IBM box. Any suggestions? Why not set up an old PC with Linux as an iSCSI host? In additional to the storage device being basically free, you'll save a bundle on Fibre Channel HBAs that way too (since you'll get to use ordinary Ethernet hardware instead). |
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I've already done that but I was hoping to get some hands on
experience with a FC SAN and play with the SAN switch etc. |
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On May 5, 7:37 pm, wrote:
I'd like to play around with a small inexpensive SAN at home. Storage capacity or performance is not a concern something like a 4 or 5 year old EMC, HP or IBM box. Any suggestions? If you need a SAN switch (which you would need unless you get a storage array that happen to have enough ports to direct-attach all your hosts), see if you can find a QLogic SANBox 8 port, like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/QLogic-SANbox-2-...QQcmdZViewItem Next, a small FC based storage array, Xyratex or similar: http://cgi.ebay.com/Xyratex-4200-1-2...QQcmdZViewItem I have used the Xyratex 4200 with dual "726"(chaparral) controllers and 16x 250GB SATA disks extensively. Lower scale might be a NexSan SATAboy or SATAblade, i've used a 1U unit with 2 FC connections and room for 8 SATA drives. http://cgi.ebay.com/Nexsan-SATABlade...QQcmdZViewItem The prices add up really fast, it's not a cheap technology, by any stretch. |
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Hobbiest SAN suggestions
Thanks for the suggestions. Yes those are too pricey for home lab
usage. Dell/EMC has an even cheaper solution the AX100 but again anything over $2k is out of my range. I was hoping to find 4 or 5 year old HP or IBM box but I guess not. |
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I'd like to play around with a small inexpensive SAN at home. Storage capacity or performance is not a concern something like a 4 or 5 year old EMC, HP or IBM box. Any suggestions? I was curious about SAN technology, and found a FREE Windows ISCSI HOST software (www.iscsicake.com). This is a full ISCSI HOST, allowing you to set up a SAN STORAGE device on any computer. I have used it with Windows 2000, Win XP and Windows 2003. It does not have all the bells and whisltes, but for the cost, you can't go wrong. Apparently, they use it in Chinese Internet Cafe's, giving people temporary remote storage. I found it works fairly well. IT would be best to segment your network (2 NETWORK CARDS, one for the ISCSI Traffic), but it works oo my system. Just my $0.02 |
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I don't understand how "had to retrgade from SP2" and "works well" can
happen at the same time... So you've compromised your server OS security only to run iSCSI target??? Sounds like a bad joke to me. It's not the same software. Nimbus "breeze SAN units" are really generic "Made in China" 2U boxes with ordinary Linux inside and "HALO" sticker outside, there's no Windows 2003. Get the one from eBay or used hardware reseller (people tend to dump 'em) for cheap, take a screwdriver and... You know the truth -ichiro The Computer Dood wrote: wrote: I'd like to play around with a small inexpensive SAN at home. Storage capacity or performance is not a concern something like a 4 or 5 year old EMC, HP or IBM box. Any suggestions? nimbus is giving away their MYSAN software. It works on Windows 2003SP1 (Ihad to retrgrade from SP2), but I have it running at home and work. I t is their same software (well, lite edition) that they use on their breeze SAN units. I have about 8 partitions, and it seems to work well. |
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