We are looking to 'attach' a cd changer in an office to a server in
our datacenter. This will be used to copy cd data to a SAN. I have
heard this can be done, but don't know how. Can anyone point me in the
right direction? Can we use FCIP or iSCSI to do this?

Thanks
Ken

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avallk@hotmail.com (Ken) wrote in news:883bb9f6.0409220349.4f0795b6
@posting.google.com:

> We are looking to 'attach' a cd changer in an office to a server in
> our datacenter. This will be used to copy cd data to a SAN. I have
> heard this can be done, but don't know how. Can anyone point me in the
> right direction? Can we use FCIP or iSCSI to do this?

Are you trying to copy data off CDs to a SAN disk or are you trying to
create a SAN-attached CD-rom drive?

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/Jesper Monsted

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Jesper Monsted <newsspam@rootweiler.dk.invalid> wrote in message news:<Xns956CD6F5DA6ABnewss
pamrootweilerdk@62.243.74.163>...
> avallk@hotmail.com (Ken) wrote in news:883bb9f6.0409220349.4f0795b6
> @posting.google.com:
> 
>
> Are you trying to copy data off CDs to a SAN disk or are you trying to
> create a SAN-attached CD-rom drive?

We currently have a proprietary solution in place that copies cds to
harddrives with no intervention. We are looking to move away from that
solution to blade servers fibre attached to a SAN. So we are looking
to either have a remote cd drive attached to the server or to the SAN.
Basically, we want the cd copying to be as quick as possible and with
minimal impact on the network without having to run to the datacenter
to mount the cds like we do now. (We're lazy - the datacenter is in a
different building than our office.) Preferably we would like it to be
a cd changer, but a single cd/dvd would be fine.

-Ken

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"Ken" <avallk@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Jesper Monsted <newsspam@rootweiler.dk.invalid> wrote in message
news:<Xns956CD6F5DA6ABnewsspamrootweilerdk@62.243.74.163>... 
>
> We currently have a proprietary solution in place that copies cds to
> harddrives with no intervention. We are looking to move away from that
> solution to blade servers fibre attached to a SAN. So we are looking
> to either have a remote cd drive attached to the server or to the SAN.
> Basically, we want the cd copying to be as quick as possible and with
> minimal impact on the network without having to run to the datacenter
> to mount the cds like we do now. (We're lazy - the datacenter is in a
> different building than our office.) Preferably we would like it to be
> a cd changer, but a single cd/dvd would be fine.


http://www.nakamichi.com/computer/mj5_16.HTM

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You may consider taking a look at the StarWind/StarPort solutions of
ours at www.rocketdivision.com. These are iSCSI target/initiator and
can be used to resolve the task you describe.

Artem Berman
RDS

avallk@hotmail.com (Ken) wrote in message

> We currently have a proprietary solution in place that copies cds to
> harddrives with no intervention. We are looking to move away from that
> solution to blade servers fibre attached to a SAN. So we are looking
> to either have a remote cd drive attached to the server or to the SAN.
> Basically, we want the cd copying to be as quick as possible and with
> minimal impact on the network without having to run to the datacenter
> to mount the cds like we do now. (We're lazy - the datacenter is in a
> different building than our office.) Preferably we would like it to be
> a cd changer, but a single cd/dvd would be fine.
>
> -Ken

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info@rocketdivision.com (Anton Kolomyeytsev) wrote in
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> You may consider taking a look at the StarWind/StarPort solutions of
> ours at www.rocketdivision.com. These are iSCSI target/initiator and
> can be used to resolve the task you describe.

Uhm, no.

A SCSI-based jukebox or single drive and a scsi-fc bridge would, though.

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/Jesper Monsted

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On 23 Sep 2004 04:17:10 -0700 in comp.arch.storage, avallk@hotmail.com
(Ken) wrote:

>Jesper Monsted <newsspam@rootweiler.dk.invalid> wrote in message news:<Xns9
56CD6F5DA6ABnewsspamrootweilerdk@62.243.74.163>... 
>
>We currently have a proprietary solution in place that copies cds to
>harddrives with no intervention. We are looking to move away from that
>solution to blade servers fibre attached to a SAN. So we are looking
>to either have a remote cd drive attached to the server or to the SAN.
>Basically, we want the cd copying to be as quick as possible and with
>minimal impact on the network without having to run to the datacenter
>to mount the cds like we do now. (We're lazy - the datacenter is in a
>different building than our office.) Preferably we would like it to be
>a cd changer, but a single cd/dvd would be fine.

What's the problem with just using a ROM drive on a handy PC with a
fibre connection to the SAN?

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Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis 	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Brian.Inglis@CSi.com 	(Brian[dot]Inglis{at}SystematicSW[dot]ab&
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Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.Invalid> wrote in message news:<guadl09ojhamr2mo10fa
ontt8dqmes5v3q@4ax.com>...
> On 23 Sep 2004 04:17:10 -0700 in comp.arch.storage, avallk@hotmail.com
> (Ken) wrote:
> 
>
> What's the problem with just using a ROM drive on a handy PC with a
> fibre connection to the SAN?

We could just use a cd in a PC, but we are trying to make this lower
maintenance. We want to have a dedicated unit (pc or attached rom)
that is little maintenance. The machine would not be used for anything
besides the copying of cd's to the SAN. We will be handing this
process over to those who are not that technically savvy.

Thanks
-Ken

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Why "no". Can you describe in details, please? Thank you!

Jesper Monsted <newsspam@rootweiler.dk.invalid> wrote in message news:<Xns956ED4A088C4Enewss
pamrootweilerdk@62.243.74.163>...
> info@rocketdivision.com (Anton Kolomyeytsev) wrote in
> news:34616666.0409232206.43359497@posting.google.com:
> 
> 
>
> Uhm, no.
>
> A SCSI-based jukebox or single drive and a scsi-fc bridge would, though.

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anton@rocketdivision.com (Anton Kolomyeytsev) wrote in
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> Why "no". Can you describe in details, please? Thank you!

Sure. He said "minimal impact on the network" and apparently already has a
SAN - moving traffic to the network using iscsi (since i'm assuming he's
not going to set up another network for that) would pretty much counter
that point.

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/Jesper Monsted

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