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May 31, 2010  11:53 PM

Fiber channel or iSCSI?



Posted by: Raj Perumal
FC, iSCSI, Storage

Hi folks, so the age old storage question, should i use FC or iSCSI? Well this isn't necessarily an easy question to answer. They both have their advantages and disadvantages. Here are my thoughts on the matter. iSCSI is great for cheap storage, and allows you to get it up and running quickly...

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February 28, 2010  6:43 PM

Thin provisioning is your friend



Posted by: Raj Perumal
FC, iSCSI, SAN, thin disks, thin provisioned, thin provisioning, Virtualization, VMWare, vSphere

Hi folks, so with all this talk of storage it's about time I spoke a little bit about thin provisioning! Now here is a new question I've been asked a lot. What exactly is thin provisioning? Well you might...

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February 28, 2010  5:45 PM

Cheap iSCSI Storage



Posted by: Raj Perumal
FC, FreeNAS, iSCSI, NAS, NFS, Openfiler, SAN, Starwind, Storage

Hi folks! Sorry for the late postings but I've been neck deep in projects this month! Anyways, I wanted to spend a few posts talking about iSCSI storage options. One of the great things about storage is that there are so many different options. You can go direct attached, FC, NAS, NFS or even...

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June 30, 2009  3:12 PM

Direct Connect SAS storage for HP Blades



Posted by: Raj Perumal
blade servers, blades, C Class, C3000, C7000, consolidation, DAS, Direct Connect SAS Storage, FC, Fiber Channel, Fibre Channel, HP BladeSystem, iSCSI, SAN, Storage, storage area network

Hello again folks, in the SMB world, especially during these economic times, we can't always spend all the money we want on storage. Generally customers are limited to looking at some pretty low end storage options. I have always been a proponent of usings Blades in the SMB along with...

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