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07.31.2007 at 03:06AM PDT, ID: 22731136
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iSCSI SAN vs. fibre SAN?

Asked by clearchannel in Clarion, Hard Drives & Storage, Storage Technology

Tags: iscsi, san, fiber, vs

I am planning to buy the hardware for a 2 server SQL cluster and I need some info about the SAN options.

I am looking at budget option: EMC Clarion AX150. If I buy the fiber version and 4 HBA's I'm looking at spending around £7k before any disks (I already have a couple of fiber switches with spare ports).

I'd like to know if I could save money by buying the iSCSI version without affecting performance too much.

My questions:

Will iSCSI have slower read/write speeds than fiber?

Do I need to buy iSCSI adapters for my servers or can I use the servers' on-board NIC's?

Can I use my existing Cisco rack switches for the iSCSI SAN?

Any help from you Wizards, Guru's and Masters would be appreciated. ThanksStart Free Trial
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