Hi SpindleNinja,
Thanks for quick reply.
The test lab has to be as low cost as possible for the learning purposes.
Cant the DS2286 be controlled otherwise or does it have to be Netapp FAS?
I saw a FAS 2220 on Ebay but without any OS - so regarding to the License issue that you mentioned, I believe that the license follows the Software and some kind of activation to follow.
Which OS should I go for and can the OS be obtained through Netapp ?
I was thinking about iSCSI, NFS
I have 3 ESXI hosts (HP Gen8 servers) both with 4 x 1Gbit and 2 x 10Gbit NICs
The intention is to test Exchange and SQL on a SAN and test failover possibilities.
Any suggestions ?