ISCSI

Fibre Channel or ISCSI for SAN

We have a SAN that is mission critical to the business. Performance and availabilty are key. I have read that I should lean towards fibre channel for this versus ISCSI but was curious if anyone has seen a noticable difference. Software/Hardware used: Fibre Channel, SAN, ISCSI

Where can i download a guide on iSCSI to implement on a virtualization?

Where can i download a guide on iSCSI to implement on a virtualization? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat held on August 27th.

IS iSCSI software or hardware based?

What exactly is iSCSI? Is it software based or hardware? Also, people often speak about iSCSI ports, but they generally look like normal LAN ports. Can you give me explanation of this?

VMware guests network traffic

If I have a iSCSI target server and a regular Windows 2003 server on the same host, will the iSCSI network traffic between the 2 VMWare guests stay internal or does it actually somehow goes out and back in. Software/Hardware used: VMware, iscsi, Windows Server 2003

iSCSI naming conventions without FQDN

I'm in the process of creating an iSCSI test environment and have a question regarding the naming conventions. The standard specifies using a FQDN as part of the name. What have others done when a FQDN was not available or you did not want to use your existing FQDN? Thank you.

Best practices for configuring clients to boot from Windows 2003 server and attached iSCSI SAN

Are there any best practices for configuring clients to boot from an Windows 2003 server hosting the client O/S images on an attached iSCSI SAN? Is there a list of hardware or software that is required? I'm considering a HP - LeftHand iSCSI SAN solution to host the client images but want to...

iSCSI technology for Oracle Rac

Hello, I'm looking for some information about Oracle Rac when the DB is running on iSCSI system like HP Lefthand or DELL EqualLogic system? This king of system storage seems very interesting in particular for the Disaster recovery site. If this configuration is existing, thank you to give me some...

Would you go with iSCSI or Fibre Channel for mass storage in this case?

Is there any TPS benchmarking available in deciding whether to go for Fibre channel or iSCSI? We are using Oracle database which requires a Terabyte of storage and will be operating at the 1000TPS at peak level. In this case - should we go for iSCSI or Fibre Channel as the mass storage device?...

RAID 5 configuration on Dell PowerEdge 2800 hard disk failure

Using DELL Poweredge 2800 with a Raid 5 configuration of 2 hard drives capacity 85GB Ultra 320 SCSI. Hard disks have been showing failure. I tried to bring the hard drives ONLINE by FORCE option provided in the utility manager to configure RAID and got the hard drives up but couldn't login to...

SQL Server 2000 performance issues

Running SQL Server 2000, SP4 on Windows Server 2003 R2. 4GB RAM; 3GHz dual-processor, dual-core. The databases and logs are on an ISCSI SAN. This is the original implementation design. Since the beginning the users have said the system does not perform as well as they would like. The database...

iscsi and FC network

can iscsi and FC been on same network?

iSCSI SAN how many IP Addresses are needed?

We are planning to implement an iSCSI SAN. There are 4 controllers, each with 2 iSCSI ports. How many IP addresses are needed for the ISCSI SAN

Diskless Install iSCSI Remote Boot with Intel Pro 1000/PT NIC Windows 2008 Installer doesnt see LUN

Hello I have a Dell 2950 ||| and it has an Intel Pro 1000/pt Dual Port Server Adapter in it. I have configured the adapter for iSCSI remote boot, and during server startup the NIC is able to connect to my iSCSI LUN (Windows Storage Server w/ iSCSI Target Installed). When I go to install...

Intel ISCSI Remote Boot error message TCP/IP

Using Windows Server 2003 and get this error when using Intel ISCSI remote boot "ERROR: Could not establish TCP/IP connection with iSCSI target system." Using Pro/1000 server adapters and Dell Poweredge 2900 server

iSCSI Initiator not connecting to servers

Currently I have HP SAN environment setup using ISCSI. The servers within the SAN are connected straight to the network via Cat5 cable. The servers are connected to the array and Initiator via ISCSI. The issue I am having is the 3 servers I have connected to the initiator do not reconnect upon...

iSCSI SAN Server suggestions?

We are in the process of purchasing a new SAN server. I was curious if anyone has any good or bad experience with HP, Netapp, Dell, Fujitsu or others. We will be using Exchange 2007 mostly in the environment and need something that is very expandable. Thanks

iSCSI associations dissapear at reboot need to manually reconnect

I've got two SLES 10 x64 SP2 systems, and whenever i reboot, their iSCSI associations disappear. My disk array is a Dell MD3000i with 4 x iSCSI interfaces. I've done a normal discovery and explicitly toggled all of them to automatic startup but still need to manually reconnect Submitted by a User

iSCSI and VMware

do HP accelereted iSCSI works with VMware?

Do 10Gbit iSCSI and 8Gbit FC change how you think about your strategy for managing your data in the future?

Do 10Gbit iSCSI and 8Gbit FC change how you think about this and your strategy for managing your data in the future?

Are you using both Fibre Channel and iSCSI in your storage environment?

The Storage Experts from Dell are interested in knowing you thoughts on this question: Are you using both Fibre Channel and iSCSI in your storage environment, or do you favor one over the other? If you have questions for the Storage Experts from Dell read this blog post on how to start the...