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*ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 8:04 PM, Sean Martin <seanmarti...@gmail.com> wrote: > I believe the next versions of VNX (5700, 7500, etc) support SCSI 3 > protocol which would not have that limitation. I believe this was a > limitation that was purposely introduced into the VNXe because EMC is > marketing it as an entry level "all-in-one" storage solution. They > need reasons for customers to scale up to the more expensive > platforms. I believe even the older CX, CX3 and CX4 models supported > SCSI 3. > > - Sean > > On 2/7/12, Mathew Shember <mathew.shem...@synopsys.com> wrote: > > I have not used an EMC in a while but that does sound familiar. > > > > I did find one of their sheets that does say the size is limited to that. > > > > > http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/specification-sheet/h8515-vnxe-ss.pdf > > > > Thanks, > > Mathew > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:22 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: EMC limitations? > > > > I've got a new-ish (January) EMC VNXe 3100, and have run into a troubling > > limitation - in use as an iSCSI device, it doesn't support LUNs larger > than > > 1.99tb. According to a post by EMC staff on their community forum, it's > doe > > to the implementation of the SCSI II protocol. > > > > I don't know if this limitations affects its use as a NAS, but that's > > disturbing. My Lefthand units support larger LUNs with no problem. > > And, otherwise, it's performed just fine - no problems at all. > > > > Does anyone out there now if other EMC products have this limitation? > > > > Kurt > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- 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 ntsysadmin
