Question before buying PE1950&MD1000

[Anthony_Leatherwood at Dell.com]

Nothing really wrong with you setup, but you might want to verify your
setup
against the MD1000 matrix listed below (specifically Vmware version, I
don't see VMserver listed...  only Vmware ESX). 
Note the "note" listed below pulled from the linked matrix:

NOTE: Dell PowerVault MD1000 is supported to provide external storage to
a single ESX host or maximum of two hosts in a split
configuration. Features, such as VMotion, HA and DRS, that require
shared storage among ESX hosts are not supported with MD1000.

http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/solutions/vmware_software_compatibi
lity_matrix_current.pdf


Also, here is a link to the MD1000 supported. Configuration which it
appears SLES10 is listed, so it should
Install pretty clean:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/md1000/en/supmatrx/supmatr
x.pdf



If it were me, I would go with the MD3000i and VmwareESX setup once
Vmware lists the MD3000i on the support matrix.
You can backend 2 x MD1000's to the MD3000i if you need to expand
storage in the future as well.



Ant






-----Original Message-----
From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Cesar Vergara
(MMP)
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 3:13 PM
To: linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: Question before buying PE1950&MD1000
Importance: High

Hi:

I'm from far Peru and i have this question:

I have 3 PE2950 running database & FileServer (but under w2k3)

Now i want to make an small SAN & Virtualization these way:

Buying:
- 2 PE1950 2xXeonQuad5405-2Ghz-32GB-NoHD-IntelPT1000,DualPortNIC
- 1 PE2950
1xXeonQuad5405-2Ghz-4GB-2x160SATA-RAID1-IntelPt1000,DualPortNIC,
conected to
- 1 MD1000 7x750GB-SATA-RAID5

I want to :
- install SLES10SP1 on PE2950 RAID1 discs,
- PXE-Boot the PE1950's SLES10SP1 from the PE2950. 
- activate the iSCSI Target for the MD1000 discs on the PE2950 and the
iSCSI Initiators from the PE1950,
- use VMWARE VMServer 1.0.4 (2.0 is still crude) on the PE1950,
virtualizaing some SLES (with iSCSI Init) & W2K3 (With MS-iSCSI Init)

It's posible or factible or i just go with an MD3000i or an PE6950 with
all the ram and all the discs and do virtualization on it?



Cesar A. Vergara Buenaventura
Adm. de Red, Correo Electronico y Servicio Internet MMP BU Sistemas Tel
: (51) 326-4957 Anexo 365 Fax : (51) 326-4957
http://www.mitsuimaquinarias.com




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