Does it make sense....
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@DustinB3403 said in Does it make sense....:
@Dashrender There are no NAS functions at all. Only iSCSI capabilities on this unit.
My bad - you're right, this is SAN functionality, not NAS, but in this case, does it matter? it's just a dumping ground, though a bit more complex - Yeah it's probably not worth using.
I have the same issue with my ancient Drobo
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@Breffni-Potter said in Does it make sense....:
What's the budget to do this?
"Using existing in office hours, and no additional hardware"
Meaning I can't replace the failed drive or purchase 4 higher capacity drives.
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@DustinB3403 said in Does it make sense....:
@Breffni-Potter said in Does it make sense....:
What's the budget to do this?
"Using existing in office hours, and no additional hardware"
Meaning I can't replace the failed drive or purchase 4 higher capacity drives.
Even if the drive is replaced or the capacity is increased, what if the controller fails on the unit? or the PSU?
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@Breffni-Potter I know this is rhetorical.
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I would say it's not possible. If they insist, I'd keep the email of them signing off on your concerns. Then when restoring a failed VM takes the SAN over the brink and causes your restore to also fail, you'll have something to show them.
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So everyone is in agreement with me.
it's not worth using it, and it's scrap metal at this point.
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@DustinB3403 said in Does it make sense....:
@Breffni-Potter said in Does it make sense....:
Why do you want to do it
- What is the goal?As a backup medium for production VMs
If the goal is to take backups, it's good. If the goal is to restore those backups in case of a disaster, this is almost useless.
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Unless you can replace that drive then this is garbage.
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The idea from the MSP was to just let the array silver over as new, and see if the drive comes back.
This to me sounds like a bad idea, to try and save costs.
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@DustinB3403 said in Does it make sense....:
The idea from the MSP was to just let the array silver over as new, and see if the drive comes back.
This to me sounds like a bad idea, to try and save costs.
Then the data isn't worth anything. Sounds like this will work.
