Mike,
I have done quite a few IXS/IXA installations, and they were easy
and a good solution in their time. Now, you want to do iSCSI instead. It
works great, and I have installed it recently in HS21 Blades. You do not
need a separate LPAR, and with the ISCSI solution you have the ability to
move the I/O from the *BASE subsystem into its own subsystem.
Also, you build Network Storage Spaces and these spaces can be
created at any time, and these are like physical disk drives to the Windows
server. You can use the SAV command to backup the windows file systems, or
you can run windows software on the iSCSI to do the backup like you would
any other windows server.
Pete
Pete Massiello
iTech Solutions
http://www.itechsol.com
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Naughton
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 2:39 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Windows on an iSeries?
I'm looking or people who know more than I do, so of course I came right
over here :-). My company is looking to consolidate its windows servers, and
I ran across this article:
http://www.infordata.net/inforweb.static/documents/newsletter/ISSE1007.pdf
that makes it sound as if we could do it all on our iSeries (we've got a
model 9406-520). From the article, it looked as if we could
* set up several windows servers using the Integrated xSeries Server cards
* dynamically allocate disk space among the iSeries and the various windows
servers
* use our existing tape backup system to back up the windows data at the
same time we're backing up our iSeries data
Then we talked to our BP, who said it's not that simple. According to them,
** the integrated server cards aren't recommended because they're hard to
upgrade, and we'd be better off with the Integrated xSeries Adapters (and
some boxes to put them in)
** the disk would need to be split between the windows servers and the
iSeries, and we couldn't just dynamically shift it around
** we'd need a separate LPAR to handle the windows stuff
** we'd be better off with a separate backup system for the window stuff
All of which makes it look a LOT less worth it, but I'm not convinced --
hence my question. Does anyone have experience with either of these
environments? Is it as great as the article makes it sound, or is our BP
closer to the mark? If we're looking to
centralize storage, management, and backup, is this a good option, or we
better off just going with a windows SAN (the other option)?
Thanks very much for your help,
Mike Naughton
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Judd Wire, Inc.
124 Turnpike Road
Turners Falls, MA 01376
413-863-4357 x444
mnaughton@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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