Recent content by tropmonky

I wanted to document my findings for anyone that's also looking for VMware iSCSI storage solutions. I already have a HP MSA SAN doing my live VM storage, however I needed an inexpensive solution to push my VM backups to. The VMware Data Recovery agent can use a NFS share or iSCSI target...

I'd skip the SSD, it's simply not needed. I'd go with FreeNAS, much easier to setup than any vanilla Linux setup. The HD's, Samsung's are awesome, and the F3's are great, thought I doubt you'd see any diff between the two drives in this setup. I'd try the new FreeNAS 8Beta, and I'd load the...

this is a simple question for me. I just got done setting up a NAS myself. I am on an extreme budget of $1,500 shipped. However I am needing iSCSI support for my VMware environment. You're just needing standard NAS stuff. I first tried OpenFiler. It currently has issues with VMware...

I just scanned though the 3 pages and I didn't see if you were wanting this to be a headless system, or a system that would do video playback? headless sytem (basically a NAS): People are recommending Ubuntu, but that's a PITA to do IMO. Instead I recommend FreeNAS and use the XFS file system...

I know I'm a little late, but others may read this as I did. I've just gone through setting up a NAS box using OPENFILER and then FREENAS. My needs: I'm running a small VMware setup. I currently have a nice MSA HP SAN for my live VM's, but I need another location to backup all my VMs to...