InterWorks Blog - Enterprise Storage
How to install Server 2008 R2 directly to a SAN with Intel 10 gigabit nics.
Friday, November 11, 2011
This can be regarded as a continuation to my previous post: "How to boot from iSCSI on an Intel x-520 mezzanine card (Dell Blades)."
Pretty much the only reason you want to boot from iSCSI is so that ... [ More ] ...
How to boot from iSCSI on an Intel x-520 mezzanine card (Dell Blades).
Thursday, November 3, 2011
So I recently came across a situation where we wanted to boot a blade off of an EqualLogic SAN via the installed Intel X-520 10gbe mezzanine cards. With Broadcom it's easy, you just enable iSCSI boot ... [ More ] ...
Dell EqualLogic Multipath Extension Module Default Value Limitations
Monday, June 13, 2011
During a recent install of a three-host ESXi cluster with an EqualLogic PS6000XV and redundant, dedicated iSCSI switches I noticed a peculiar issue with the number of paths to SAN volumes each server ... [ More ] ...
What the letters on the Equallogic model mean
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
Have you ever wondered what the Letters on the Equallogic model numbers actually mean? Well here is a little sheet to help you out. I'm going to us a PS6000 as my example.
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EqualLogic announces the new PS6000XVS iSCSI SAN
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Dell recently announced the release of a new product in the EqualLogic iSCSI SAN line. The PS6000XVS (PS6010XVS for 10Gb mdels) is a mixture of 8 SSD and 8 15K RPM SAS drives to provide ... [ More ] ...
Sizing Storage Solutions, the Quick and Dirty Way
Saturday, February 13, 2010
One of the things I do most frequently when it comes to storage solutions is make sure that a client understands their performance needs. There are really only two factors in disk performance:
How ... [ More ] ...
EqualLogic Replication
Tags: equallogic, replication
Friday, January 29, 2010
If you're familiar with EqualLogic (and even if you're not), you probably know that every EqualLogic array has built in replication features to help you get your data backed up offsite should ... [ More ] ...
Resetting EqualLogic "grpadmin" Password
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
The Problem - Forgot EqualLogic Password
It happens to us all - well, those of us who don't configure their arrays with "password" or "qwerty" as the grpadmin password. There you are, an innocent ... [ More ] ...
EqualLogic's 10 Gig Series
Saturday, December 19, 2009
PS6010 and PS6510 Series Arrays
After what seems like a long wait, Dell EqualLogic finally released the 10Gb controllers for the PS Series arrays. The new PS6010 and PS6510 arrays offer two ten gig ... [ More ] ...
EqualLogic PS6500X Released
Tags: equallogic, iscsi
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Yesterday, Dell EqualLogic announced the release of the PS6500X array. If you're not familiar with EqualLogic arrays, they are extremely scalable, easy to manage iSCSI SANs that help companies make ... [ More ] ...