I'm considering purchasing a HP StorageWorks All-In-One 1200r unit for our department's server upgrade, along with a couple of HP ProLiant DL160 G5 1U servers (one for running SQL 2008, another for running Hyper-V server). These additional servers would have minimal onboard storage (RAID-1 mirror for OS only most likely) and would rely on the iSCSI SAN part of the StorageWorks for storage.
From what I've read about iSCSI SAN it is recommended to use a separate physical network, meaning I would have to use one of the StoageWorks' two Gigabit Ethernet ports for this purpose, along with a dedicated NIC on each of the application servers.
Is a single Gigabit ethernet connection going to be sufficient for a couple of application servers (including SQL) accessing SAN storage over iSCSI or would it be advisable to install additional NICs?
The load is fairly minimal, under 20 users connected most of the time.
I welcome anyone's suggestions or thoughts.
From what I've read about iSCSI SAN it is recommended to use a separate physical network, meaning I would have to use one of the StoageWorks' two Gigabit Ethernet ports for this purpose, along with a dedicated NIC on each of the application servers.
Is a single Gigabit ethernet connection going to be sufficient for a couple of application servers (including SQL) accessing SAN storage over iSCSI or would it be advisable to install additional NICs?
The load is fairly minimal, under 20 users connected most of the time.
I welcome anyone's suggestions or thoughts.