Inviting Storage company professionals to share their experiences

Any storage professional who can write about his experiences related to work or related to Storage profession can make $30 per article.I am willing to pay you $30 for a detailed article on
What sort of work do you do related to Storage
What is your Storage infrastructure like
What are the tasks & how are they accomplished
How can an enthusiast get into a similar company or Storage job
What are the skillset required by Job seekers to get into your Storage company

any thing more you want to share like your troubleshooting experiences, customer interactions, certification experience , interview experiences etc.Email roger.smithson@gmail.com your ORIGINAL articles.

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The below company guys if they are willing to write I am willing to pay even $50 :)
EMC
Vmware
HP
Netapp
Sun Microsystems
IBM
Brocade

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iSCSI Storage implementation explained through images

Here is another iSCSI implementation images to help you get a grasp of the topic

Running Storage subsystem with Serial Attached SCSI:Adaptec


An 8 channel SATA-II controller with PCI-X. Chip for XOR operations is clocked at 200 MHz. The chip on the previous four-channel model ran at just 66 MHz.


Internal hot swap bay for 4 SAS drives. A slimline CD/DVD-ROM can fit in the top of the case if only three 5.25" bays are available.


SAS cable is clearly visible at the back panel


Above images & article is courtesy of www.tgdaily.com/2005/03/18/cebit_2005/page4.html.

Software-based iSCSI Targets

* Linux/Netware/Solaris/NetBSD
- Openfiler - iSCSI (SAN) and NAS Linux distribution - An open source iSCSI target implementation for Linux
- Intel-iSCSI (Intel) - The earliest open source release of iSCSI (March 2001). The distribution includes initiator and target code for Linux 2.4 and 2.6 and support for Object-based Storage Devices (OSD). External Link
- iSCSI Enterprise Target - An open source iSCSI target implementation for Linux
- Linux - iSCSI target product offerings from 3rd party vendors for various flavors of Linux [1] [2] MayaStor iSCSI [3]
- NetBSD target HOWTO
- NetWare 6.5 includes an iSCSI target module
- Solaris iSCSI Target - iSCSI target package bundled with Solaris.
- DataCore Software's SANsymphony [4] storage virtualization software for Windows 2000/XP/2003
- String Bean Software's WinTarget [5] - acquired by Microsoft and renamed to Microsoft iSCSI Target, now offered as an option pack from OEM's for Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 [6]
- Rocket Division Software StarWind iSCSI Target for Windows 2000/XP/2003
- FalconStor - iSCSI Storage Server [7] for Windows 2003 and Windows 2003 Storage Server
- DataCore SANmelody [8] & SANmelody Lite [9] iSCSI target and disk server software for Windows 2000/XP/2003
- Nimbus Data Systems - MySAN iSCSI Server [10] Free iSCSI target for Windows 2003 Server
- Virtual Infrastructure Foundation kit iSCSI target and thin provisioning software for Windows systems

* Other
- Open-E iSCSI-R3 - iSCSI storage software is pre-installed on a USB-DOM
- Open-E DSS - data storage software (NAS + iSCSI ) on pre-installed USB-DOM
- Software target implementations are also available or included on storage devices from vendors such as EMC, Equallogic, Reldata, LeftHand Networks, Network Appliance, Stonefly and StorageConnections.Net.
- Wasabi Systems Storage Builder for IP-SAN comes pre-installed on a bootable Compact Flash IDE disk and runs on standard hardware platforms.