Out of curiosity, to those who already have large investments in their SAN, why are you choosing the DAS route ?
On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Steve Ens <stevey...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > --- 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
