How fast can iSCSI get?

“Maximizing Hyper-V iSCSI Performance with Microsoft and Intel” might sound like another “blah blah” marketing piece, but a little birdy tells me that this webcast will drop a bombshell about iSCSI performance.

Lots of storage and networking folks don’t give iSCSI and Microsoft the credit they deserve. “iSCSI is cheap and easy,” they say, “but real performance requires Fibre Channel.” Those of us who have an open mind about such things know that this is simply not the case. The fastest SAN I ever saw was based on iSCSI, and Microsoft demonstrated wire-speed iSCSI over 10 Gb Ethernet in March. I never saw a Fibre Channel SAN (even an 8 Gb/s one) push over a gigabyte per second over a single link!

Still, ask the average sysadmin and they will tell you that iSCSI isn’t for high performance applications. That’s why folks should tune in to this webcast, as Microsoft and Intel knock down another iSCSI performance myth. Note that even though Hyper-V is called out in the title and description, this discussion is really about Windows Server 2008 R2 and applies equally regardless of whether or not you use Microsoft’s hypervisor.

Watch this space for a summary of the news immediately following the announcement.

• What: Maximizing Hyper-V iSCSI Performance with Microsoft and Intel webcast
• When: Thursday, January 14, 2010 8:00 AM Pacific Time
• Where: MSEvents.Microsoft.com
• Who: Anyone interested in high-performance storage and server I/O

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• What: Is There a Real ROI for E-mail Archiving: Building a Business Case
• When: Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 1 PM Eastern/10 AM Pacific
• Sponsored By: Google Security Services Events & Webinars

In a difficult financial environment, organizations are scrutinizing IT expenditures. Only those projects with a proven return on investment (ROI) are receiving funding. Those looking at e-mail archiving need to ask if there is an ROI for their company, and how can these cost savings be justified. What really does and does not save companies money for e-mail archiving may surprise you. The webcast will cover:

• Four critical factors driving ROI – what to look at and what not
• Actual ROI case studies
• Strategies for building a business case

You’ll hear from Stephen Foskett, Director of the Data Practice at Contoural Inc., a leading independent provider of business and technology consulting. Drawing upon the experiences of hundreds of large and small companies, Stephen will focus on the nuts and bolts of building an ROI and business. Any organization considering an e-mail archiving system will need to face these issues.

Register and attend for free online!

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