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snapwall · 03-06-2006, 05:54 AM

Hi blue68f100,

I'll give your advise a shot. Currrently sourcing 2x320G drives. I am hoping the 4200 doesn't have the size limitation issue like in the 1000/2000 snap servers.

I have feeling the OS is in the HD but will confirm this later.

The main difference I see with GuardianOS 3.1 vs 2.5 is that it supports iSCSI natively. If I choose this then I have to make sure ALL my server/client which access the SNAP server, to be installed with iSCSI initiatining drivers. Windows have this now so I might give it a go while there isn't too much data to work on.
If I choose iSCSI then I am stuck with new filestructre that caters for iSCSI read/write so I have to make the decision carefully and be stuck with it.

It wil be interesting to compare the read/write performance of iSCSI vs default way.

Cheers
snapwall

03-06-2006, 05:54 AM	#3
snapwall Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 11	Re: Storage Design Question Hi blue68f100, I'll give your advise a shot. Currrently sourcing 2x320G drives. I am hoping the 4200 doesn't have the size limitation issue like in the 1000/2000 snap servers. I have feeling the OS is in the HD but will confirm this later. The main difference I see with GuardianOS 3.1 vs 2.5 is that it supports iSCSI natively. If I choose this then I have to make sure ALL my server/client which access the SNAP server, to be installed with iSCSI initiatining drivers. Windows have this now so I might give it a go while there isn't too much data to work on. If I choose iSCSI then I am stuck with new filestructre that caters for iSCSI read/write so I have to make the decision carefully and be stuck with it. It wil be interesting to compare the read/write performance of iSCSI vs default way. Cheers snapwall