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 (currently 15 servers, 250 concurrent users, hardware become outdated and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