We're seeing it costing about $40,000 less. On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Harry Singh <hbo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 > -- 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
