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Jéjé
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Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:56 am Post subject:
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Hi,
I'm looking for a solution to add capacity and performance for my
developpers.
our primary job is to create small datawarehouses.
we use SQL Server 2000.
because its dev. only, the access is low and we have at maximum 2 persons
connected to the same database at the same time.
Adding SCSI drives into my existing servers has a bad ratio
performance/capacity/price.
my developpers need to create a new copy of any database for test purposes.
today I have a capacity issue to let the users doing this.
also my servers are near fullcapacity.
So I'm looking for a NAS solution... or maybe an home made PC with SATA
drives in raid 0+1 (or raid 10) with 250gb Hitachi disks
I have found the ReadyNas x6 from Infrant. but I there is other solutions on
the market...
but also I read some articles about iScsi, what is the difference?
what are the advantages?
any simple/sample hardware recommandations?
can I create my own iScsi system? if yes what type of hardware I have to
found?
thanks for your comments/feedback.
jerome. |
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Jeff Goldner [MS]
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Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:16 am Post subject:
Re: iScsi any cheap (but good) solution? |
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You could try an iSCSI target product running on a Windows system that you
build. This would work well for test purposes and will be fine with SATA
RAID configurations provided the underlying performance is adequate for your
needs (it's usually storage limited as these targets are quite efficient).
See http://www.stringbeansoftware.com/. FalconStor and Datacore also have
Windows based target implementations. There will be some low-cost targets
coming onto the market in the near future as well, probably in the $1K
range.
"Jéjé" <willgart@AAAhotmailBBB.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hi,
I'm looking for a solution to add capacity and performance for my
developpers.
our primary job is to create small datawarehouses.
we use SQL Server 2000.
because its dev. only, the access is low and we have at maximum 2 persons
connected to the same database at the same time.
Adding SCSI drives into my existing servers has a bad ratio
performance/capacity/price.
my developpers need to create a new copy of any database for test
purposes. today I have a capacity issue to let the users doing this.
also my servers are near fullcapacity.
So I'm looking for a NAS solution... or maybe an home made PC with SATA
drives in raid 0+1 (or raid 10) with 250gb Hitachi disks
I have found the ReadyNas x6 from Infrant. but I there is other solutions
on the market...
but also I read some articles about iScsi, what is the difference?
what are the advantages?
any simple/sample hardware recommandations?
can I create my own iScsi system? if yes what type of hardware I have to
found?
thanks for your comments/feedback.
jerome.
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Valeriy Glushkov
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Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:17 am Post subject:
Re: iScsi any cheap (but good) solution? |
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Hi Jerome,
You could also try StarWind iSCSI target by Rocket Division Software.
http://www.rocketdivision.com/wind.html
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Best regards,
Valeriy Glushkov
"Jéjé" <willgart@AAAhotmailBBB.com> wrote in message
news:OapTV7soFHA.1444@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | Hi,
I'm looking for a solution to add capacity and performance for my
developpers.
our primary job is to create small datawarehouses.
we use SQL Server 2000.
because its dev. only, the access is low and we have at maximum 2 persons
connected to the same database at the same time.
Adding SCSI drives into my existing servers has a bad ratio
performance/capacity/price.
my developpers need to create a new copy of any database for test
purposes.
today I have a capacity issue to let the users doing this.
also my servers are near fullcapacity.
So I'm looking for a NAS solution... or maybe an home made PC with SATA
drives in raid 0+1 (or raid 10) with 250gb Hitachi disks
I have found the ReadyNas x6 from Infrant. but I there is other solutions
on
the market...
but also I read some articles about iScsi, what is the difference?
what are the advantages?
any simple/sample hardware recommandations?
can I create my own iScsi system? if yes what type of hardware I have to
found?
thanks for your comments/feedback.
jerome.
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Eric Bursley [MVP]
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Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:17 pm Post subject:
Re: iScsi any cheap (but good) solution? |
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Check out a Dell EMC AX100i. You can price them out at Dell.com
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Eric Bursley
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
"Jéjé" <willgart@AAAhotmailBBB.com> wrote in message
news:OapTV7soFHA.1444@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
| Quote: | Hi,
I'm looking for a solution to add capacity and performance for my
developpers.
our primary job is to create small datawarehouses.
we use SQL Server 2000.
because its dev. only, the access is low and we have at maximum 2 persons
connected to the same database at the same time.
Adding SCSI drives into my existing servers has a bad ratio
performance/capacity/price.
my developpers need to create a new copy of any database for test
purposes. today I have a capacity issue to let the users doing this.
also my servers are near fullcapacity.
So I'm looking for a NAS solution... or maybe an home made PC with SATA
drives in raid 0+1 (or raid 10) with 250gb Hitachi disks
I have found the ReadyNas x6 from Infrant. but I there is other solutions
on the market...
but also I read some articles about iScsi, what is the difference?
what are the advantages?
any simple/sample hardware recommandations?
can I create my own iScsi system? if yes what type of hardware I have to
found?
thanks for your comments/feedback.
jerome.
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