soft vs. hard

IkerSilva's picture

Hello!
I was asking on other places, but I`m gathering the different opinions. I`m working in the middle size business. We`re looking for shared storage I`m considering what iSCSI solution is better if compare of price and functionality - software or hardware? And what vendor is more reliable?

IkerSilva's picture

Re: soft vs. hard

Anyone? I don`t think that it`s really hard.

Jay Kim's picture

I wish I could answer but I

I wish I could answer but I only get exposure to customers who calls support so it doesn't represent the whole market.
I see many using Netapp or Microsoft target/initiator combinations but I am not knowledgeable enough to comment much more.
Maybe this question is best to be asked in a more storage solution oriented forums elsewhere...

Please mark my post as solution to help others also if it resolved your issue. =)

JunaSpets's picture

If it`s a general question,

If it`s a general question, then I`d preffer sowtware solution for SMB. It will save your money by using your existing network, what meens that you don`t need to purchse additional HDDs, wires, anything.

IkerSilva's picture

Thats good. I`ve googled for

Thats good. I`ve googled for a while, and basing on this and answears, given to me on other communities I know that the most reliable vendors are StarWind, DataCore and Lefthand. Can someone tell something about them?

IkerSilva's picture

OK. Report: I`ve tested all

OK. Report:
I`ve tested all of vendors, and it seems like StarWind and Lefthand is the most reliable, but Lefthand is pretty expensive.
Thank you all.