[Matt Bodman]

I’m also really interested in exploring non xsan options. We can’t justify the cost of fibre for probably another 5 years when we’ll finally start working a lot more with HD. We are 99% SD (DV) and will be for sometime.

Like you, I also have other uses for the SAN, boring Windows server type uses so I’ve been looking closely at iSCSI options too. My biggest questions lie around file format (Mac v Windows) and whether we can edit-in-place if the GIGe network is well setup.

I’m also wondering if there would be any advantage in having FCS connected to the SAN via iSCSI or if a standard network share will suffice. I would rather use iSCSI ports on the SAN to connect the edit clients.

Any thoughts appreciated.

Matt