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Sounds fine from what you told me, as long as its a cluster.
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Sounds fine from what you told me, as long as its a cluster.

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Thanks for the feedback guys, very useful
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Thanks for the feedback guys, very useful

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When I first heard a customer suggest they had been told by a competitor that 10GBE ISCSI directly connecting their two hosts to their SAN was ok, I immediately scoffed and said &quot;not a good idea&quot;. &nbsp;When asked &quot;why?&quot; I spluttered a bit and said, &quot;because its not good practice&quot;.....scratching my brain further I said, &quot;its encapsulated so it has overhead in comparison [to the direct connect SAS solution we recommended]&quot; ....a pretty weak excuse given that would be true regardless if switches were used.<br />
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Aside from that I struggled to think of a good reason. &nbsp;I knew it would work as I have direct connected ISCSI for troubleshooting purposes many times. &nbsp;However for a non scaling DR site (never going to grow beyond the two hosts for this solution) why isn't 10GBE direct connected a good idea?...<br />
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Interested in getting some opinions on this one.....
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When I first heard a customer suggest they had been told by a competitor that 10GBE ISCSI directly connecting their two hosts to their SAN was ok, I immediately scoffed and said "not a good idea".  When asked "why?" I spluttered a bit and said, "because its not good practice".....scratching my brain further I said, "its encapsulated so it has overhead in comparison [to the direct connect SAS solution we recommended]" ....a pretty weak excuse given that would be true regardless if switches were used.

Aside from that I struggled to think of a good reason.  I knew it would work as I have direct connected ISCSI for troubleshooting purposes many times.  However for a non scaling DR site (never going to grow beyond the two hosts for this solution) why isn't 10GBE direct connected a good idea?...

Interested in getting some opinions on this one.....

10GBE ISCSI direct attached

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