The chat on benefits of Internet SCSI (iSCSI) and virtualization led me to some quick research to see what I could find. The first hit was for a Dell white paper on why iSCSI is the best storage for virtualization. Turns out this is a white paper that I reviewed internally before it was published about a year ago.

I was a long-time Fibre Channel user and thought that some of the points in the paper were a bit harsh. The funny thing is that reading it now I agree with it much more. The paper didn't change, but my experience in the last year with iSCSI has changed me. I really do think that iSCSI is easier and the performance concerns that I had, for the most part, don't concern me anymore. Although, I must admit that I still like my CX3-80 Fibre Channel storage.

Todd