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iQStor iQ2850 iSCSI Storage System in Storage appliances
Verdict
An iSCSI array with huge expansion potential, good performance and enterprise-level data-protection features.
Review Date: 4 Dec 2008
Price when reviewed: £8,048 (£9,255 inc VAT)
Overall Rating
Features & Design
Value for Money
Performance
For performance testing we called up a dual quad-core Xeon Dell PowerEdge 1950 and a 3GHz dual-core Xeon Boston Supermicro server running Windows Server 2003 R2 and the latest Microsoft iSCSI initiator. We logged both servers onto dedicated targets on different ports and running Iometer on the Dell server first returned an impressive raw read rate of 113MB/sec. With a second instance running on the Boston system we saw a read throughput of 210MB/sec.
If you want the best storage capacity or lowest costs then check out Boston's 24T-StorMagic or the ProWare SB-3164E-G1A3. The iQ2850 is a more costly option but compared with many other IP SAN arrays it is still a lot better value.
Author: Dave Mitchell
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