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  1. 07-08-2009, 08:49 AM #1
    jens
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    Quote Originally Posted by symm
    I would go with two Intel Xeon E5420 2,5GHz (more cores)
    start with more memory (as much as you can )
    in file mode teh memory will be used as cache.
    file mode = NAS? I only wan't to use ISCSI.
    Use ISCSI memory to cache data?
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  2. 07-08-2009, 12:20 PM #2
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    If iSCSI is used in file i/o mode (mostly for VMWare), then the system memory will be used as a cache. If iSCSI is used in block i/o mode, then the reads/writes go directly to the storage.

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  3. 07-08-2009, 01:11 PM #3
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    to budy,symm and SeanLeyne:

    Thank you for helping me out!
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