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psicopunk
I would like to practice with fc storage, multipath, package administration, ioscan, virtualization,cluster, etc
This will be impossible if I buy a HP box to practice.
FC, multipath, virtualization: Means you would have to get a box with FC AND buy an FC cabinet...
Forget it unless you have $$$
About virtualization and clustering, it means recent HW and so more expensive...
clustering could be done with D class already but you would need a external scsi cabinet at the minimum with two SCSI interfaces on it that can show the disks on both interfaces (E.G. HDS 5700 or 5800...). But again the expensive part would be the licensing as already mentionned by your peers...
The best for you would be, and thats why I asked what boxes you can access, find a suitable box that can be almost compatible with, and having a DAT drive installed, then you could try to use the generated recovery image to install, or modify configuration...
You need nothing special to be able to use ioscan at work, and is safe, just take in account the load of the machine before trying fancy options...