Hello,
Way back in 2008 when we configured our virtualized datacenter (used Virtual Iron, now defunct) it was recommended practice to use identical iscsi cards for all hostnodes. We have since migrated to hyper-v 2008 r2, and are now moving on to hyper-v 2012 r2. We are currently spec'ing out a new hostnode, and I'm looking for advice on whether it's still the recommended practice to keep all iscsi cards as similar as possible.
The hosts will be connected to a MD3220i SAN.
The reason I'm asking is because we currently use Broadcom's 5709c's in all our hosts. They have had their problems, so I'd like to move away from them. Right now I have my eye on the Intel i350's. It's a choice between the two since those are the only affordable offers we have. I did a quick search online and found that Intel iscsi cards are much preferred over Broadcoms. It's not in our budget to switch out all existing cards with intel's, so I'm wondering if it's now considered relatively safe practice to let iscsi cards from different manufacturers play together, since the technology has become more mature. Any advice would be welcome.
Thanks in advance