SAN to SAN hardware level replicaiton to replicate MSSQL 2008 R2 databases
If SAN to SAN hardware level replication solution is implemented, how can we utilize this solution to transfer MSSQL 2008 R2 databases’ MDF and LDF files.

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2013  9:26 AM
MSSQL, MSSQL 2008, SAN

Values of factors considered when isolating Storage Performance issues- Please guide
Been working as SAN consultant, I am always curious to know the various parameters which a Sr. SAN Consultant/Oncall person study/review when there are any issues/alerts reported on SAN storage to them critical with less time. I am curious to take up the responsiblities from oncall perceptive and seeking guidance on the major factor one [...]

Answer Question   |  January 3, 2013  11:28 PM
SAN, Storage

HP EVA Continuous Access Replication
I am trying to replicate from a HP EVA 6300 to a HP EVA 4400 SAN. Both SAN’s are licensed with CA. I have a SAN switch fabric. Both SAN’s can view the remote host and there is a usable path present on both. When I try to create a DR group I am getting [...]

Answer Question   |  September 26, 2012  3:43 PM
HP EVA4400, SAN, SAN switches

Redundancy Misconfigured in iSeries-SAN
Oops..new DASD from SAN was misconfigured and loosing redundancy… There are the New Multi Path connections to the SAN for one of the IsERIES server.. note that the Redundancy connections are using the Same BUS.  This unfortunately now gives us a single point of failure down to the Fiber channel card.  What this means is [...]

Answer Question   |  March 17, 2012  3:31 AM
ASP, Fiber Ports, iSeries, SAN

Increasing Disk space for applications on a SAN
During the process of inicialization of my SAN I choose a solution that allows me to have more performance, so I create a RAID10 volume that I attached to several LVMs. After some time, I verify that some applications needed more space but performance is not an objective. Knowing that I can’t stop my system [...]

Answer Question   |  March 19, 2012  4:24 PM
DataCenter, Infrastructure Architecture, SAN

iSeries HBA Cards WWPN
Can anybody help me to get WWPN of HBA cards installed on my system?

Answer Question   |  March 17, 2012  9:12 PM
HBA, iSeries, SAN, Storage

Work flow between the linux server machine and SAN machine
I m new to the SAN storage. I m unable to get the knowledge in the SAN regarding the luns and HBA cards. And also how to access the lun in the linux machine. Can anyone explain the work flow between the linux server machine and SAN machine.

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2012  10:34 AM
Linux, SAN

Is Seanodes bailing out again?
I heard that seanodes has recently fired all its R&D team, making the whole solution pass to deletec. As far as I know, deletec does not have any skill in system programming, so I’m afraid that they are trying to hide another failure in their business. Do you know is the solution is safe to [...]

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2012  3:37 PM
SAN, Storage

SQL Server on SAN
I a two server set up. Server one for my application and server two a SAN for my SQL Server.  Should I install the SQL server on the SAN?  I have read about 10 articles and some state to install the SQL Server on the app server while others say on the SAN and yet [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  5:35 AM
SAN, SAN Configuration, SQL Server, SQL Server configuration

SAN implementation
In the implementation of a SAN is the drive considered a local or remote drive? Can program files be written to it?

Answer Question   |  May 3, 2011  7:54 PM
Drive designations, SAN, SAN architecture, SAN management

Local versus SAN drives identification
Hi Friends, How we can identify the drive that are Loacal Drive or SAN Drive in windows 2003 or 2008 server.   Thanks. Aravind.

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2011  6:25 AM
SAN, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008

SQL Server Data File Storage
We have a SQL Server with 32GB of RAM, 8 CPU 16 Cores, using SAN. On our production database (1 database only) we have 3 file groups Primary, Core, Index with 1 file in the PRIMARY Group, 16 Files in the Core Group, and 16 Files in the Index Group. Each file group including all data files belonging [...]

Answer Question   |  March 7, 2011  3:28 AM
SAN, SQL 2008, SQL Server, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server database

Infiniband storage network using SRP
Hi, I’d like a “howto” on configuring SRP initiators and targets. I’m using Centos/Xen hypervisors and will build my own storage servers. I’m using Infiniband cards with Mellanox MT25408 chipset. I’m familiar with Linux but unsure of exactly what I need to get this up and running. I dont want to use IP or iSCSI [...]

Answer Question   |  March 1, 2011  11:01 AM
Hypervisor, Infiniband, iSCSI, Linux administration, SAN, SRP, Storage network, Xen

Storage Area Network Certification
is there a certification for SAN admin? I am a beginner and want to be a SAN admin where do i start?

Answer Question   |  August 9, 2011  5:46 PM
SAN, SAN certificate, SQL Server, Storage Area Networks

SQL Server 2005 with SAN storage problem
i have a very strange problem: - i have an  windows 2003 server - a SAN storage attached to that server - i installed SQL server 2005 proffesional into the server - database files in the san storage - when i attach the database into the san storage it gives an error that it cann’t [...]

Answer Question   |  December 20, 2010  10:20 AM
SAN, SAN storage, SQL 2005, SQL Server 2005

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Answer Question   |  December 6, 2010  4:13 PM
Giveaways, HTTP, IT answers, IT Books, ITKE Contests, Radius Server, SAN, Sybase, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Wireless router

Synchronising SANs before replication
What is the best approach to synchronising SANs before I start replicating? Should I do a full tape backup and recovery and then start replication?

Answer Question   |  December 6, 2010  11:34 AM
Backup and Recovery, Data synchronization, SAN, SAN management, Tape Backups

Cloud computing and SAN career suggestions
Hello, I’m Ravi, currently working professional in bpo. I did my graduation in BA, i want to get in to the IT Field. I’m intrested in doing SAN(storage area network) & Cloud Computing course. Could you please tell me whether it is a good one for me to do this course & if its possible [...]

Answer Question   |  June 20, 2011  9:37 PM
BPO, Cloud Computing, IT career development, IT career planning, IT careers, SAN, Storage careers

SQL SERVER SAN Setup
I do not know much about SAN’s, I want to setup a SQL Server to use a SAN. 1. Should I use a SAN drive to install the OS or is it best practice to install the OS on a local drive on the server? 2. Should I install SQL SERVER on the SAN or on a [...]

Answer Question   |  November 15, 2010  9:15 PM
SAN, SQL, SQL 2005, SQL Server, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2005 (32-bit)

VMware v4, failure, ESX hosts disconnecting from vCenter and EMC SAN, SCSI Reservation issues also, October 2010
We have a multi cluster VMware environment consisting of HP BL680’s, DL580’s and DL585’s that has been very stable for over a year and we have made no recent changes to storage, switches, hosts or HBAs. Recently we experienced two incidents where ESX hosts on different clusters have disconnected from vCenter and from their shared [...]

Answer Question   |  October 20, 2010  5:15 PM
HBA, SAN, SAN disconnect, SCSI Reservation, vCenter 4.0, vCenter disconnect, VMware ESX, VMware ESXI 4.0 Performance