[THIN] Re: SAN Benefits for Citrix
- From: "Rick Mack" <Rick.Mack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:30:14 +1000
Hi,
There is just no way you can justify a boot off SAN scenario unless money is no
object and your DR scenario is based around replicated boot disk images.
Throw in the fact that it's a non-Microsoft supported configuration and that
it's likely to be slower than fast (15K)local disks and you might come to the
conclusion that maybe it's not the way to go.
I'm not saying that you can't do some interesting stuff with a SAN, but if
we're going to look at terminal servers as an application delivery appliance,
which is what they are, then making them too complex from a technology
viewpoint just doesn't make sense.
regards,
Rick
Ulrich Mack
Volante Systems
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Andrew Wood
Sent: Thu 20/07/2006 0:28
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: SAN Benefits for Citrix
if you were starting from scratch maybe, but if you've already invested in the
SAN hardware then perhaps not.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Joe Shonk
Sent: 19 July 2006 15:15
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: SAN Benefits for Citrix
But for Citrix? Really, what is the benefit when compared to the overall cost
to implement? There are alternative technologies out there that can provide
the same benefits for a fraction of the cost.
Joe
On 7/19/06, Jeff Pitsch <jepitsch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
there are so many organizations doing boot from SAN that truly doubt it
is cost prohibitive.
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On 7/19/06, Eldon < u2htdaab@xxxxxxxxx <mailto: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
<mailto: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 <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?
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
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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