on a related note, for those organizations that are using Blades for
TS\Citrix, are a majority using local blade disks rather than boot from SAN?
On 7/19/06, Jeff Pitsch <jepitsch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> while I agree with what your saying the fact is is that if you are
> implementing a SAN most servers are probably going to have HBA's in them
> already whether it's for backup or disk access. If your implementing EMC
> SAN's then feasible and economical aren't usually something they are
> necessarily worried about.
>
>
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> On 7/19/06, Landin, Mark < Mark.Landin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > "Cost prohibitive" is a subjective measure and varies by company.
> > Yes, many places do it. That doesn't mean it's feasible or economical in
> > every organization.
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > *On Behalf Of *Jeff Pitsch
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:08 AM
> >
> > *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > *Subject:* [THIN] Re: SAN Benefits for Citrix
> >
> >
> >
> > there are so many organizations doing boot from SAN that truly doubt
> > it is cost prohibitive.
> >
> >
> > *Jeff Pitsch
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> >
> > On 7/19/06, Eldon < u2htdaab@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > my understanding is that it was disk cost - the # of spindles
> > > needing to be allocated, multiplied by the number of servers booting from
> > > SAN.....
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/19/06, Luchette, Jon < JLuchette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > right, what is he talking about. because if he is talking about
> > > > the hba's then that is not specific to booting from the san, but just
> > > > something that you will need if you want to use your san at all...?
> > > >
> > > > what is he talking about?
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > > ------------------------------
> > > > *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > *On Behalf Of *Landin, Mark
> > > > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:23 AM
> > > > *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > *Subject:* [THIN] Re: SAN Benefits for Citrix
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > What cost does he associate with boot-from-SAN?
> > > >
> > > > ------------------------------
> > > > *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > *On Behalf Of *Eldon
> > > > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 19, 2006 8:13 AM
> > > > *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > *Subject:* [THIN] SAN Benefits for Citrix
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > My organization just installed an EMC SAN and I was thinking how
> > > > I could use it to benefit my current (XP FR3) and future (upgrading to
PS 4)
> > > > environment. How can I use the SAN to enhance my Citrix deployment
> > > > (currently 15 servers, 250 concurrent users, hardware become outdated
and
> > > > soon needs replacement)? I was told by our SAN Admin that booting new
> > > > servers from the SAN would probably be cost prohibitive.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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