So far I have to agree on the MD3000i units. They are no-frills, but with all you can do on the application layer these days in terms of backup, snapshots, images and so forth I don't miss the extra features for the midrange. When you start wanting to get into large-scale replication you may miss it, but if you just want cheap storage on a stick the price is very hard to beat.
-- Durf On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Matthew Bullock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you want to stick with Dell, check out the MD3000i iSCSI unit. > > > > mb > > > > From: Tom Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 6:00 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: SAN question > > > > Hello: > > > > I'm looking at Dell Equallogic arrays PS5000 series. The look pretty good > for what we need here, but price is steep for my agency (starting at around > $45k just for the disks and enclosure). Anyone have any alternative vendors > to suggest? SAN will be used for databases, logging, maybe some file and > print data. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > > > > > > > > > > -- -------------- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
