Network Storage

Comparison

• Netapp overview of FC, iSCSI, NFS

FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), Data Center Ethernet (DCE), or more precisely, Data Center Bridging (DCB)

• 2010-03-11 Gartner - FCoE savings ?

• 2010-03-25 HP FCoE a Myth ?

iScsi

• Microsoft VServer on iScsi

• now-free-microsoft-iscsi-software-target 2011-05-13 and diskless-server-boot

• 1Milion IOPS on iScsi intel vs Microsoft.

• VMDq Intel cards, I/O Bottlenecks due to Virtualization? VMDq to the Rescue!

• Feb 19, 2010 intel-and-microsoft-overhaul-iscsi

• Arista Blog

• iscsi+vmware

• Linux 3.1 changed to Linux-iSCSI.org SCSI target.

F/C (Fiberchannel)

• 1/2/4/8 Gigabit

XIV

• ? Only 1Gig iSCSI ?

• http://www.xivstorage.com/materials/brochures/fact_sheet_ibm_xiv.pdf

• http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/xiv/index.html

• http://storagegorilla.com/2010/03/26/7-reasons-why-ibms-xiv-isnt-perfect/

NFS

• Oracle on NetApp Part I: Using NFS for Simplicity and Manageability

Cheap / Home designed mega storage

• http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/

  • The result is a 4U rack-mounted Linux-based server that contains 67 terabytes at a material cost of $7,867.

  • http://blog.backblaze.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/cost-of-a-petabyte-chart.jpg

  • http://blog.backblaze.com/2011/07/20/petabytes-on-a-budget-v2-0revealing-more-secrets/ 135TB @$8,000

    • Recomend Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3030ALA630 drives

    • http://www.protocase.com/products/index.php?e=Backblaze Pre-asembled Blackblaze pod without (45)HD's $5395.00 (20120211)

• 20110615 Synology RackStation RS2211RP+(R21k) + 30TerraB(R14k) + Vat => R40k => raid 20TerraB @ R40k ==> R2/Gbyte

  • 20110620 R14k(10 x 3TB HD)

• D-Link $16k chassis with 10Gbit

• rsync.net cloud storage at R2.40/Gbyte (for > 4000GB)

Switches, FCoE, 10G, iSCSI

• QLogic UA5900 Ultra-dense Converged Network Switch.

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