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MikeTrike

MikeTrike

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I finally got my Citrix XenServer 5.6 Lab up and running.

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Hardware:
Two - Compute Nodes - Intel 1U, 8GB DDR2, 30GB SSD (boot), Q9550 CPU
One - AX150i SAN, Dual Power, Dual iSCSI, 12 x 250GB 7.2K SATA II
Two - Inexpensive Netgear GbE Switches (Looking at HP for replacements)



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AX150i Multipath


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XenCenter Console


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This is the first iSCSI SAN "anything" that I've ever done (not counting the openfiler test before the AX150i arrived). XenServer is actually very very easy to work with. This is just three days of playing around a few hours a day in my spare time. Needs more work before it's "production ready." But that's half the fun and I'm learning quite a bit, so that's naturally a plus.

Figured I'd share, recommendations/hints/tips/tricks/constructive criticism are more than welcome. :)
 
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What version are you running? I installed a version about 9 months ago and I think i need to update. Time to build my company's software on this OS again.
 
Perhaps somebody can shed some light on this one, not sure what to make of it...

Bench from Hd Tach...


Also, looking for some more common tools to bench an iSCSI SAN device as well.
 
The caching issue gave me an idea, I started another thread in the data storage systems category.
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1535367

short version:
I was wondering if it would be possible to upgrade the celeron CPU to a PIII and ECC RAM from 512M to 1024M on the AX150i controllers.
 
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