iSCSI target shared by multiple machines?
I have a Seagate Blackarmor 440 2 TB drive that I've set up a 1.5 TB iSCSI drive on.
I currently have it mapped on my workstation for media files (archived) and have just added it to our sql server 2005 on server2008 VM as a target for daily backups.
I've not used iSCSI before so I am surprised to be told by "my guy" that it should only have 1 client pointed at it, especially after reading the seagate docs which mention nothing of the sort.
Seems a bit odd (and inconvenient and not particularly useful) that I would have to set up a drive for each client.
Can someone clarify proper usage.
I currently have it mapped on my workstation for media files (archived) and have just added it to our sql server 2005 on server2008 VM as a target for daily backups.
I've not used iSCSI before so I am surprised to be told by "my guy" that it should only have 1 client pointed at it, especially after reading the seagate docs which mention nothing of the sort.
Seems a bit odd (and inconvenient and not particularly useful) that I would have to set up a drive for each client.
Can someone clarify proper usage.
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"Try it out for yourself on a test LUN, write a file from one machine to a shared LUN and then get a directory listing from another - the file isn't seen to be there."
actually seeing this - the first backups from yesterday can't be seen from my workstation (which was the reason for me talking to "my guy")
Creating a dedicated 500 iSCSI target for the backups. (the drive is 3 TB not 2)
Thanks all.
actually seeing this - the first backups from yesterday can't be seen from my workstation (which was the reason for me talking to "my guy")
Creating a dedicated 500 iSCSI target for the backups. (the drive is 3 TB not 2)
Thanks all.
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in practice, my backups run at 1 am, i never touch those files (except for disaster recovery) and the sql server never touches the files outside of the backup directory.
I don't mind setting up a second target just for the backups but i'm surprised that this seems to be so fragile