Need san simulator

me_spearhead · 06-08-2012, 02:17 PM

Hi,

I want to study and understand, storage lun detection and configuration on a linux server. Can someone suggest me a san simulator for the same ?

thehouseofho · 06-08-2012, 02:25 PM

I think you can download an appliance image for free from EMC. You'll just need to sign up for an account.

pantdk · 06-08-2012, 05:34 PM

netapp simulator 7.3.you can install on rhel then play with it

me_spearhead · 06-11-2012, 03:38 AM

A friend suggested me openfiler. Any idea what is it and how is it?

em31amit · 06-11-2012, 04:20 AM

openfiler is customized Linux distro which support NAS and iSCSI

means it uses NFS, samba and iSCSI target. so at all this is a linux distro and it works like linux it is not exact SAN.

if you want to give yourself a start to understanding things on linux, lun with iSCSI and NAS specially on linux side than it is good but working on SAN is different.

pantdk · 06-11-2012, 04:30 AM

o ya openfiler is also good one, but if you want to understand the storage concept in production environment then you can use netapp simulator 7.3

openfiler is configure easily & can play with your R&D

me_spearhead · 06-13-2012, 02:11 PM

I got a installer named

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7.3.2-sim-cdrom-image-v22.iso

for netapp simulator 7.3 installer which I am trying to download.
But I do not find link to download. Is it the correct installer ? Please let me know the link where I can download it ? Also is it available for free ?

AWSmith · 06-13-2012, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by me_spearhead

I got a installer named

for netapp simulator 7.3 installer which I am trying to download.
But I do not find link to download. Is it the correct installer ? Please let me know the link where I can download it ? Also is it available for free ?

I believe NetApp requires you to be a customer for this.

SANs are strange beasts, but SAN administrators tend to make them out to be more strange than they need to be.

I agree that some sort of tutorial based simulator is needed. It took me ages to pick up on things in the SAN world to get to the point where I could manage one.

pantdk · 06-13-2012, 08:19 PM

http://ricker.blogspot.in/2008/12/netapp-simulator.html

AWSmith · 06-21-2012, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by pantdk

http://ricker.blogspot.in/2008/12/netapp-simulator.html

I highly recommend the link Mr. Pantdk posted. Its a nice collection of information.