I have a SAN, but chose to put the Exchange store on DAS (isn't that just storage directly attched ((internal or external)) to the server?). Works fine, in a Hyper V VM. OT - the new Hyper V features in Windows Server vnext look to be awesome....
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Brian McGloin <sms...@gmail.com> wrote: > We have a large SAN investment, but we're also considering DAS. > Michael, do you have any customers that have implemented DAS when they own > a SAN? > Right now, we're questioning how we'd back up the DAS environment if we > went that direction. > > Thx in advance > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com>wrote: > >> That amount that the data will grow is almost completely based on your >> SIS. I’ve seen between 20% and 50%. I won’t say that 200% or 300% is >> impossible – but I’d say it’s atypical.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> The only clients I have that are using SAN already have a large SAN >> investment. New deployments have been DAS, almost exclusively.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Regards,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Michael B. Smith**** >> >> Consultant and Exchange MVP**** >> >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* McCready, Rob [mailto:rob.mccrea...@dplinc.com] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:06 AM >> *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Exchange 2010 Disk Configuration**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Greetings Gurus,**** >> >> We currently have 400GB worth of data on our Exchange 2007 setup. From >> what I’ve read, we can expect that to double or triple when we move to >> Exchange 2010 and lose single instance storage. ** ** >> >> What type of disk configuration are you using for 2010? Local disks or a >> SAN? >> >> >> **** >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com >> with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist >> > > > > -- > smsadm > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
