Hi,
I wanted to post this on _Gea's thread OpenSolaris derived ZFS NAS/ SAN (Nexenta*, OpenIndiana, Solaris Express) on hardforum, but it wouldn't allow me to create new posts .... so here I am instead :=)
I recall that in one of his posts (but can't seem to find it now) _Gea suggested that you should not use iSCSI in an all-in-one. I was wondering why. Or perhaps I misunderstood what he was saying ... My planned usage model is the following:
ESXi 5.0 -- on suitable server h/w with passthrough SAS controller
OpenIndiana 151a -- for virtual SAN
Oracle [Enterprise] Linux (variant of RHEL) -- for Oracle server. I had been planning on using iSCSI connections from this VM to the OpenIndiana SAN, but after reading _Gea's advice I now question that approach (and suppose I would use NFS instead).
Also a few other VM's that would be running Oracle client software.
I eagerly await hearing the justification for why you shouldn't use iSCSI on an all-in-one.
Thanks in advance,
--peter
I wanted to post this on _Gea's thread OpenSolaris derived ZFS NAS/ SAN (Nexenta*, OpenIndiana, Solaris Express) on hardforum, but it wouldn't allow me to create new posts .... so here I am instead :=)
I recall that in one of his posts (but can't seem to find it now) _Gea suggested that you should not use iSCSI in an all-in-one. I was wondering why. Or perhaps I misunderstood what he was saying ... My planned usage model is the following:
ESXi 5.0 -- on suitable server h/w with passthrough SAS controller
OpenIndiana 151a -- for virtual SAN
Oracle [Enterprise] Linux (variant of RHEL) -- for Oracle server. I had been planning on using iSCSI connections from this VM to the OpenIndiana SAN, but after reading _Gea's advice I now question that approach (and suppose I would use NFS instead).
Also a few other VM's that would be running Oracle client software.
I eagerly await hearing the justification for why you shouldn't use iSCSI on an all-in-one.
Thanks in advance,
--peter