The S500/S550 series does use SATA drives. We use them in our test lab, but I would no longer consider using one for production.
Thanks, Jeremy Phillips Manager of Operations | Azaleos Corporation | T: 206.926.1945 | M: 540.322.7980 You rely on Exchange. We keep it running. From: Matthew Bullock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: iSCSI SAN for esx and general use Doesn't that use SATA drives? The MD3000i we purchased uses SAS drives. From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 12:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: iSCSI SAN for esx and general use Hmmmm, I can get the S550 for over half of that cost with more space.. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Jonathan Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: What Equallogic, seriously? I was looking at PS5000E for like $26,000, 2TB single controler config. On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: You couldn't handle it. Shook From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 3:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: iSCSI SAN for esx and general use Man, I need to get some of that... On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Yep and just sent you something off-list... Shook From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: iSCSI SAN for esx and general use Equallogic is cheaper then an S550? I am seeing ~5k for an S550 w/o drives? You sure? Thanks! jlc From: Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: iSCSI SAN for esx and general use JLC, Look at Equallogic. Better IO's and cheaper than S550's. <IME> If you need a referral to the partner I used to get the primo pricing, let me know. Shook From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:54 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: iSCSI SAN for esx and general use I need some more IO and don't have time to roll my own solution as I cant afford the testing interval. Looking at some cheap Netapp S550's right now. Anyone got any experiences/reco's they can share? Thanks! jlc ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
