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NX300 iSCSI and MS Hyper-V
I am looking to see what configuration of NX300 is supported for accessible storage to a Guest OS for a Host Virtual Server using MS Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V.
This Host Server would be a R300.
Trying to get Virtualization compatability requirements for the NX300 for a MS Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V. So the NX300 would be accessible to the Host server via iSCSI.
Thoughts Please and thank you.
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December 29th, 2009 06:00
I'd recommend to go with a hardware iSCSI solution like the MD3000i. If your budget is tight, there's the option to get a single controller version of the MD3000i (with the option to upgrade to redundant controllers at a later time).
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December 29th, 2009 06:00
I have heard this but budget is driving this and this is a testing and piloting environment. I read in the documentation that there is an optional iSCSI connector that either comes or is available for the NX 300.
I am not aware of how to configure a MD3000i (for comparison purposes) at a retail price of about $3,200 to $3,500 (for partners with basic discounts this bring the NX300 in around $2,600 to $3,200, is not the MD3000i twice that cost retail?). The question is does the NX300 really support iSCSI for the Microsoft Windows 2008 platform and specifically in a Hyper-V (Host and guest environment)? If so, does this mean the iSCSI connector come with it or is it requested and / or ordered seperately? My configureation (online) was just with three (3) 500GB SAS HD's and 6GB of RAM.
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September 25th, 2011 22:00
What did you end up doing? I am looking about doing the same thing. I'm even tempted to install openfiler or freenas to support iscisi
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September 26th, 2011 09:00
I'll bet he got his rep down to $4K for the single ctrl MD3000i fully populated. (We were getting them for that around this time frame)
The free options are great. Just be sure to keep up on your RAID maintanence.
The 3200 is getting close to being discontinued, I'd bank Dell Reps are throwing out some great deals on them these days as well.