On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Alan McKay <alan.mckay at gmail.com> wrote: > So 2 questions : > - how important is it to have it on its own network? > - is it OK to use an unmanaged switch (as long as it is Gigabit), or are > there some features of a managed switch that are desirable/required with > iSCSI? > At the very least keep the iSCSI traffic on its own vlan. You don't want unnecessary broadcast traffic on your storage network. I would also stay away from unmanaged switches. You want a higher end switch that supports cut through mode. Store and forward will cause higher latency. Ryan