Re: More DASD

Karl

I think you are right - just hang some disk out there and use it. We recommend 
it all the time for storing images in our imaging solution. On a Windows box, 
for example, you need Windows Services for Unix, but it is a free download from 
Microsoft. Once you've done that, you fire up the service, create a share with 
certain permissions and anonymous access allowed. There are some other settings 
in XP and 2003. Then you create a directory on the iSeries and mount the NFS 
name over that directory and bah-dah-bing! It can be done to a Linux or Unix 
box, too, which usually have an NFS server application available. I don't see 
how your BP can say this needs so much stuff as to make it prohibitively 
expensive. We do this off a V5R1 box, so I also don't see a problem with OS 
version.
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From: "Karl Lauritzen Jr." <klauritzen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

No. I want to move image files from IFS on i5 storage over to cheaper 
dasd and have i5 see it to display it. 
My image vendor says this can be done via NFS. My IBM BP says not 
without so much stuff it costs the same as adding i5 dasd expansion 
unit. I am still on 810 at v5r2 not i5 so maybe that is my problem too. 

I though all I needed to do was hang some disk off an xseries, share it 
and mount via NFS and 400 would see it and use it. 
Opposite of sharing IFS on 400 to rest of network. I am finding it is 
not that easy. 


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message: 7 
date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 11:05:45 -0400 
from: rob@xxxxxxxxx 
subject: RE: More DASD 

Are you trying to use iscsi disk for i5 storage? Is that what you are 
trying to do? 

Rob Berendt 
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The host (initiator) uses the disk (target). 

Do you use your i5-520 as an iSCSI initiator? I would be very much 
interested about this, since IBM told us just a month ago that this 
might 
be possible in the (rather far) future. If this future is now, that 
would 
be very cool :) 


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What's the difference between target and initiator? We have an iSCSI 
hooked up via our i5-520. 

Rob Berendt 
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PO Box 2000 
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6928N 400E 
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An i5 can't act as an iSCSI Initiator yet, but it can act as an iSCSI 
target (which is used for storage connectivity for IXS and IXA, and the 
IBM BladeCenter). This is planned, though. 

Attaching the DS300 through SMB (via the QNTC File System) or through 
NFS 
(I didn't find a mention that i5/OS can act as an NFS Client, but that 
still might be the case) will probably cause headaches, and performance 
will suck. 



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