-Ahhhh...... Thanks for the additional explanation. i was assuming that the write would complete when the active device completed- and the passive device would just bufffer-up and run longer. Because in testing large file writes with local .img as active and iSCSI as passive.... the network traffic ...

Hi Anton,
Thanks for the quick reply.
Now I understand.
Ed

Hi, First let me say that when I have a problem with something, it usually turns out that I am doing something wrong. I don't understand why the iSCSI initiator is persistant between re-boots for single connections, but the option is gray for RAID-1. The RAID-1 connection can be re-established with ...

Hi Chop, I share your frustration. One of the benefis of software iSCSI should be that the data is in an .img file and and you can do what you want with it. Apparently you can't even make a copy of it. Even my VSS enabled backup software fails with the service stopped. To my "Fat Ears" man...

Hi chop, I'm curious to know if you were successful with stopping the service and copying the .ibv files. Anton- you say we "shouldn't" do this", but why not? It sounds like a good plan for shops that can afford the downtime. If the caches are flushed after 5 seconds, it "sounds&...

Greetings! Please excuse my general ignorance of these multiiple technologies, but I'm trying to learn. I'm a photographer and my needs don't involve HA, but DR is critical. I'm trying to centralize both the storage of digital photographs and the installaton/maintenance of software (Photoshop, a Web...

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