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GlobalSan iSCSI 4.1 Support?
I'm trying to understand why Netgear is not working more closely with SNS to resolve the issues with the new 4.X initiator they've released that is 64-bit on Snow Leopard. This would seem to be the wa...
Yes, there may be any number of explanations for the problems with 4.1. My point was that the SNS folks seem willing to get feedback from all corners, including Netgear and its customers. So my question was is Netgear engaged? Well I know for a fact that answer is 'No' because SNS says they've never heard from anyone at Netgear on this issue.
I'm frankly not sure what the issue is with Netgear commenting on trying to work with SNS to assure that Netgear's Mac customers have a solid iSCSI solution. As it stands today, and if I was asked by another prospective customer, I would have to say 'no'. And I'm not sure I could recommend the ReadyNAS to other Mac users. It pains me to say that given that I recently paid over $1500 for a Pro Business specifically to get iSCSI support as I needed a network based HFS+ file system. But all this 'no one owns the problem' stuff is pretty discouraging.
I was a product manager once in a software company and my view at the time was that I needed to own the eco-system for my products. That included working with third parties to make sure that even if we didn't provide the complete solution, there was a solid and robust third party offering to fill in the missing pieces. I feel that Netgear is not thinking this way as evidenced by this whole issue.
I know that the Drobo supports iSCSI. Do they provide their own Initiator or do they also punt on it like Netgear is doing?
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I'm frankly not sure what the issue is with Netgear commenting on trying to work with SNS to assure that Netgear's Mac customers have a solid iSCSI solution. As it stands today, and if I was asked by another prospective customer, I would have to say 'no'. And I'm not sure I could recommend the ReadyNAS to other Mac users. It pains me to say that given that I recently paid over $1500 for a Pro Business specifically to get iSCSI support as I needed a network based HFS+ file system. But all this 'no one owns the problem' stuff is pretty discouraging.
I was a product manager once in a software company and my view at the time was that I needed to own the eco-system for my products. That included working with third parties to make sure that even if we didn't provide the complete solution, there was a solid and robust third party offering to fill in the missing pieces. I feel that Netgear is not thinking this way as evidenced by this whole issue.
I know that the Drobo supports iSCSI. Do they provide their own Initiator or do they also punt on it like Netgear is doing?
-m
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