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Crash Course: iSCSI

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04.11.2005
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If you need to come up to speed rapidly on iSCSI, you've come to the right place. In this Crash Course, we touch upon the basics and then we walk you through the pros and cons of iSCSI and Fibre Channel. Once you're limbered up, we take you to more intermediate level stuff like cost considerations, standards and security. Finally, you're ready to sprint through more advanced material surrounding implementations of iSCSI.

Getting started
iSCSI definition from Whatis.com
IP storage in three minutes
IP storage delivers
Pros and cons of iSCSI arrays
iSCSI wows some users, confuses others
Why aren't you using iSCSI HBAs?
Which SCSI specification allows the simplest execution of iSCSI?

iSCSI vs. Fibre Channel
What can iSCSI do that FC can't?
Dueling SAN technologies: NAS vs. iSCSI
Fibre Channel definition
iSCSI and FC tools, where are you?
Expert answers questions on cost of adapters for FC vs. iSCSI
Is low-cost Fibre Channel finally here?
EMC draws battle line with iSCSI
Will 10 Gbps iSCSI trump Fibre Channel?

Cost considerations
EMC draws battle line with iSCSI
Emulex predicts sub-$500 Fibre Channel HBAs
Dirt cheap iSCSI software hits the shelves
IDC: Fibre Channel switch prices dropping
Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI costs
SAN-in-a-box: Fibre Channel performance at iSCSI prices?
Is it cost-effective to implement iSCSI on a tape drive?
SMBs like the look of iSCSI
iSCSI slashes storage costs

Standards, security and compatibility
ISCSI storage management vendor seeks niche
NAS nurtures iSCSI growth
Pound-foolish iSCSI: Should you use NICs in SANs?
ISCSI for Unix on the way
Microsoft supports iSCSI SAN clusters -- kind of

iSCSI implementation and configuration issues
What type of switches should I use for a pure iSCSI SAN?
Are there any reasons to migrate from NAS to iSCSI?
What are the components involved in connecting an iSCSI storage solution with a Unix or Windows host?
Aiming for iSCSI targets
Setting up Web server cluster with two servers and a SAN using iSCSI
Creating an iSCSI SAN using only Ethernet switches
Does the midrange market belong to iSCSI?
Checklist: Five ways to boost iSCSI performance
IBM gets back to iSCSI with entry-level server

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