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?
>
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> *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 (currently 15 servers, 250 concurrent users, hardware become outdated and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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