Link 1 iSCSI Target and Volume to many servers

[abroadway]

We have a number of Windows 2000 Enterprise Servers.

We want to link all servers to the same iSCSI target and same Volume across these servers.

The idea is to save files to the volume on one server, but have them readable by all other servers that have access to that volume.

MS Initiator allows me to connect and link a volume, which is displayed in the Disk Management tools in Windows. But subsequent Servers linking to that volume cant access the drive letter, even though it appears in Disk Manager.

Any ideas iSCSI gurus of the world?

[vkeven]

We have a number of Windows 2000 Enterprise Servers.

We want to link all servers to the same iSCSI target and same Volume across these servers.

The idea is to save files to the volume on one server, but have them readable by all other servers that have access to that volume.

MS Initiator allows me to connect and link a volume, which is displayed in the Disk Management tools in Windows. But subsequent Servers linking to that volume cant access the drive letter, even though it appears in Disk Manager.

Any ideas iSCSI gurus of the world?

think iscsi as a internal ide cable , could you connect more than 1 computer to the same ide cable , no , so samething for iscsi , 1 computer for 1 read/write connection to 1 volume ,

[BodegaKid]

Great Answer!

-BodegaKid

[Keenondots]

Great Answer!

-BodegaKid

Exactly, don't blame Open-E for you choosing the wrong technology for your application.

iSCSI = SAN and is not for file sharing. You have NAS (NFS, CIFS, etc) for that.

(you can of course connect to your iSCSI target with an iSCSI initiator and export it through NFS or CIFS, for example using Open-E DSS)

[abroadway]

Hey thanks for the IDE analogy. Great explaination.

As for comments about blaming Open-E for the wrong technology, there wasnt any blaming anyone about anything.
Note the question was around my confusion, which was answered susinctly by vkeven.

Great to see quick and active responses to questions in the forums. The email support via Open-e has been less than impressive.

[To-M]

Concerning your comment about support send me the ticket case number via email so that I can find out and verify this.