Re: IXA/IXS/ISCSI RE: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

[Brian <iserieslists@xxxxxxxxx>]

Walden,

Under your scenario, do you first have to install a base operating system on
the PC and establish some type of connectivity to the SAN before restoring
your system image?

Kind regards,

BJ




On 12/14/06, Walden H. Leverich <WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >But having had to restore a whole PC when it was
> >on these versus on independent platforms it makes a huge difference.
>
> I've never understood that comment, and I hear it all the time. The
> IXA/IXS/etc solution is nothing more than a SAN or at least an
> external-DAS storage solution. What can you do by way of a PC "restore"
> that you can't do w/a SAN or a disk array connected to 2 PCs?
>
> -Walden
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