Re: IXS Server Cards -- MIDRANGE-L

Nope. There is a 'standalone' server implementation of iSCSI that is very
similar to the IXA setup (iSCSI controller in the x boxes, shared iSCSI
adapter on the i box). We have a vendor proposing that setup to replace
our IXS setups. We see very little bang for the buck in it and it will be
sort of status quo (but pricier by far than the IXS) at best. We are
looking hard at Xen, VMWare, and Hyper-V and it seems like an obvious way
to go for just about all of our intel based needs in the future.

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Yes, the IXS was nice.

Tried iSCSI but had issues.

Actually iSCSI is being phased out. No longer is a dedicated card needed
with 7.1. But wasn't iSCSI primarily for blade servers? Perhaps you were
thinking of IXA?

Rob Berendt
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6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com

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To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 06/10/2010 04:55 PM
Subject: Re: IXS Server Cards
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The IXS implementation of Windows integration has been phased out. You
can
still do similar setups by using iSCSI attached x servers, but will lose
the benefits of having the server WITHIN your iSeries, and will now need
to
buy iSCSI adapters, small switches, and will pay hardware maint. on the
now
externally attached servers rather than having them covered under the
System i hardware maintenance.

I will miss the IXS. Learning about XenServer and VMWare now instead.

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Hi Folks, are any of you buying or planning to buy server cards? I'm not
sure they're still called IXS's. Any idea of the cost of these and how
they perform?
Thanks, Frank

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