On Fri, February 5, 2010 9:57 am, Les Mikesell wrote: > nate wrote: >> Bo Lynch wrote: >> >>> Whats your thoughts on Vmware server over esxi? >>> Really do not want to have to budget for Virtualization if I do not >>> have to. >> >> Depends on the hardware, ideally esxi, though it is very >> picky about hardware. >> >> And you should budget for it, storage will be a big concern if >> you want to provide high availability. A good small storage >> array(few TB) starts at around $30-40k. > > Have you investigated any of the mostly-software alternatives for this > like > openfiler, nexentastor, etc., or rolling your own iscsi server out of > opensolaris or centos? > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ No I have not, but now that you mention this I will definitely look into these. Thanks again for all your help and info. This has been a greta discussion. Bo Lynch