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I’ve noticed backups are getting slower and slower over time going from 500 to 2500MB/min throughput. I run backups on 2 dedicated RAID0 disks hosted on a iSCSI MSA array first, and duplicate them on tapes. Since I want to use the same array for a new database project, I want to measure and tune […]

Tags: 2003 server, Array, HP, iSCSI, linux, MSA, performance, redhat, SAN, Storage, Windows

Here are a few steps to configure iSCSI disks on Linux. Although I set this up on a Redhat Enterprise 5.5 connected to an HP MSA 2012i, the whole configuration remains generic and can be applied to any SAN. I will add another post to check how both Linux and Windows perform on the same […]

Tags: failover, HP, iSCSI, linux, load-balance, LVM, MSA, multipath, redhat, SAN, Storage