Raid1 vs Raid5 Microsoft exchange data
We are implementing Microsoft Exchange on a EMC DMX3500 DASD Subsystem that has 146GB and 300GBs. Talked to Gartner Group Consultant Bob Passmore and he is strongly recommending RAID 1: his justification is based on the fact that RAID 1 is double the number of disk drives; therefore you cut what...
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| Apr 30 2008 2:31 PM GMT
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Bobc
RAID 1 vs RAID 5, RAID 5, RAID 1
3Par and EMC problesm
I have a Sun x4100 has two qlogix qle2460 HBAs both connected to a 3Par SAN and a EMC cx700 SAN. When both HBA's are active in non-failover mode we can see the LUNs in /proc/scsi/qla2xxx/3 and 4 - BUT fdisk does not see the devices. If we have the HBAs set in failover mode we only see the LUNs on...
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| Apr 28 2008 4:30 PM GMT
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Mberger
SAN, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, EMC
What are the best practices for storing SQL Server application/program files on a SAN?
We have a non-clustered SQL Server with a Storage Area Network (SAN) on it. What are industry standards/best practices for the location of the application/program files? Is it okay to put the app files on the SAN? We usually put them on local disk storage, but due to an incorrect installation,...
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| Apr 8 2008 10:48 PM GMT
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SQL Server Ask the Experts
Storage Area Networks, SQL Server, SAN
Reverse FC/iSCSI Gateway
I have a FC SAN in place and want to purchase an iSCSI array to segregate some data from the rest of the SAN members. I know of a few iSCSI gateways that all iSCSI initiators to talk to a FC target. I want to do the opposite...FC initiators to an iSCSI target. Does anyone know of a gateway type...
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| Mar 25 2008 7:05 PM GMT
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LUN-atic
Fibre channel SAN, SAN, iSCSI
How To Add Shared SAN Storage to 2 ESX 3.5 Hosts
I,m trying to add shared SAN storage to 2 ESX 3.5 hosts in preparation to setting up HA, DRS and Clustering. I'm doing this through VMInfrastructure Client 2.5 connecting to VMware Virtual Center Server2.5I add the SAN storage (600GB, Target ID vmhba2:0:0, LUN 0)to vhost-1 using the name vsan-0. I...
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| Mar 6 2008 2:34 AM GMT
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Jhp1
VMware, VMware ESX, SAN
NAS or SAN?
We have a need to run numerous virtual servers from a NAS/SAN. The questions is, which should we choose? THe product we support (Citrix XenServer) supports either for backend virtual system storage and can run VM's from either.Currently, our needs are small. We have about 10 virtual servers that we...
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| Mar 3 2008 6:44 PM GMT
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Isdpcman
SAN, NAS
Moving Windows 2003 Server to SAN
Has anyone out there in a Windows 2003 AD environment successfully moved their operation master server’s (RID, PDC, Infrastructure) operating system to a SAN?
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| Feb 1 2008 2:55 PM GMT
| asked by
Jerrys52
SAN, SAN - data center, Storage
Looking for metrics regarding SAN ports managed per FTE
Any data would be helpful. Basically for use in additional staff justification.
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| Dec 19 2007 2:14 PM GMT
| asked by
Lynnew
Storage, SAN
when adding newly created logical san drives to my host disk manager is populating the disk twice.
when adding newly created logical san drives to my host ,disk manager is populating the disk twice. disk two is healthy but disk one is not initialize both appear as the same size HELP!!!!!server windows 2003 sp2ds4000 HBA qlogic 2340
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| Dec 14 2007 3:08 AM GMT
| asked by
Richaslam
SAN, Windows Server 2003, Disk Manager
SAN getting to big
My SAN seems to be getting bigger and bigger. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to manage it.
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| Nov 21 2007 4:10 AM GMT
| asked by
ITGuy
SAN, Storage, SAN architecture
EVA vs FAS3000
looking for performance and adminstration comparisons between eva and fas3040..
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| Oct 3 2007 2:00 PM GMT
| asked by
Giddman
Network Appliance, Storage, NAS
Type of storage/backup solution
Hey everyone,I just started with a medium sized business doing IT work, and they have asked me to research types of backup solutions. At this point we are running a server that holds about 350 GB of data, and we have 2 remote offsite locations which they would also like to back up as well. The...
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| May 3 2007 3:27 PM GMT
| asked by
DWillms
Storage, Storage products and equipment, Adapters/Interfaces
Data Center Builds
Does anyone have any ideas on how to get involved with build outs for data centers from a telecom perspective. My company is looking for opportunities to build out our network but I need to be able to present them with the scenario. I realize this might sound like a "sales" message or...
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| Jan 9 2007 4:48 PM GMT
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lejoneric
Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Compliance
Exchange 2000 server and ms outlook 2000 installation,configuration
Hi,I am going to deply MS Exchange 2000 server in my organisation, Before that we have no message system, Now we have 200 systems of windows XP/Windows 98 with MS Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Pls guide me how to Install and Configure MS Echange 2000 Server and MS Outlook 2000.What r the parameters...
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| Jan 8 2007 11:09 PM GMT
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chinmoymohanty
Exchange security, Hardware, Cabling
EMC Clariion CX700 Problems - Data Sector Invalidated
Hello,I have two EMC Clariion CX700's (which, for convenience we call CX700-1 and CX700-2) and one recently added CX3-40 in my SAN environment using fiber-switch fabric. Over the weekend, I experienced a hardware failure on SPA on CX700-1. After having it replaced by my vendor's technician and...
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| Nov 15 2006 5:44 PM GMT
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UniCal
Storage, Storage products and equipment, Adapters/Interfaces
Equallogic
Hi,Just looking for people's experiences of using Equallogic SAN attached storage. Specifically- Performance- Interoperability- Cost - Competition- Management softwareThanks in advanceNoz
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| Nov 6 2006 11:03 AM GMT
| asked by
nozmeister0
Arrays, SAN, Storage servers
Oracle Data Guard Replication between SAN and NAS
Is it possible to replicate data (using Oracle Data Guard) between Oracle Database which is on SAN at primary site and on NAS at the DR site?
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| Aug 21 2006 5:46 AM GMT
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KetanVora
Oracle, Availability, Backup & recovery
Oracle Data Guard replication between SAN and NAS
Is it possible to replicate data between Oracle Database which is on SAN at primary site and on NAS at the DR site?
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| Aug 21 2006 5:43 AM GMT
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KetanVora
Oracle, Availability, Backup & recovery
SAN attach Windows servers hang on boot
I have several IBM X series (342,345,346) servers with Windows 2000 and 2003 loaded. I am experiencing an issue with the server hanging when booting. This only happens when I have the server connected to the SAN. I am using Qlogic 2340 HBA connecting to Cisco 9509 SAN switches. I can see the...
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| Aug 14 2006 5:45 PM GMT
| asked by
chucklong
Storage, Storage products and equipment, Adapters/Interfaces
Storage allocation methods
My current employer began allocating disk before having a storage administrator on staff. When a file system would achieve 90%, the individual systems admins would log on and just assign themselves new LUNs. This has made layout of the disk a nightmare. One thing they have done - in the name of...
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| Aug 11 2006 8:30 AM GMT
| asked by
jcdick1
Storage, Arrays, SAN
