When I speak of DAS, I mean direct attached...disks are in the server (SCSI). I backup over the LAN for now, with my goal to setup a DAG on a separate box that is connected to a SAN.
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Brian McGloin <sms...@gmail.com> wrote: > Steve, > Do you back your DAS up to the SAN? > Fibrechannel connect to the SAN? iSCSI? > > Thx > > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Steve Ens <stevey...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >> > > > > -- > 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
