Re: Storage strategies

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks John (et al)

Based on what I am hearing, I should probably treat the System i and 
it's Linux partitions as a separate system for now and handle the 7 
Wintel servers as a separate "system".  Generally the x86 servers are 
white boxes (although there are 3 x330's down there).  The System i disk 
is so expensive (getting better though) that I am not sure it makes 
sense to use the System i as the iSCSI target.  I'll have to think about 
about it.  2TB's would push me to a 525 when all we really need for 
development is a 515. 

Perhaps 2-3 years from now when I get going on the next series of 
hardware upgrades, I can find a single storage solution for all of them.

Thanks for the feedback.  That helps with my planning.

Pete


Jones, John (US) wrote:
> Who is your x86 server vendor of choice?  If IBM you can consider iSCSI
> with the System i hosting all disk.  If not, I'd recommend leaving the
> System i separate from the other systems and getting something like this
> http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pvaul_md3000i?c
> =us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd to host your non-i storage.
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