Just a quick post showing a few commands that are great for troubleshooting issues with ISCSI on ESXI host: Netcat: the following cmd verifies that you can reach the TCP ISCSI port (2360) on the storage array from the host. nc -z target_ip 3260 vmkping: To test the san and switch configuration you can use the following... Continue Reading →
ISCSI SAN Storage for Virtual Environments at affordable prices
For all those looking at purchasing SAN storage at a low cost, i would recommend checking out QNAP's SAN Storage Range. QNAP has various high performance ISCSI Storage Products that are compatible with Market Virtualisation Vendors. Check them out, you will not be disappointed. http://web.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=204
ISCSI SAN Solutions
Over the last 6 weeks I have been looking at how I could reduce the costs when adding corporate storage. Storage seems to be one of the biggest IT expenditures a business has to invest in and for academic institutes it's not always possible because of the funding implications. I have been working with HP's Lefhand G1/2 P4000 SAN in a Raid 10... Continue Reading →
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