Well, that never came up. I planned to share the files out from our combination DC / file server machines. That is how I planned to control access, etc.
John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 4:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Thanks for this. Are these just the backend systems? Is there a software layer included to create and manage policies for automatically moving files to the appropriate tier? (Or is that something that's out of the league I'm trying play in?) From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Sure. a local IBM reseller (Dynamix Group http://www.dynamixgroup.com) offered me three different solutions: 1) IBM DS3300 iSCSI SAN with 6 x 500 GB SATA drives, dual controllers, 2 TB usable space for just under $12,000 2) IBM System Storage N3300 Model A20, 10 x500 GB SATA drives for just under $15,000 3) IBM System Storage N3300 Model A10, 10 x500 GB SATA drives for just under $9000 Trust me when I tell you the prices are VERY close to the rounded numbers. J Dell offered the following for just a hair over $4000: Base Unit: NF600 with Quad Core Xeon E5410 Processor, 2.33GHz 2x6MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB (223-5176) Quad Core Xeon E5410 2nd Processor, 2x6MB Cache 2.33GHz 1333MHz FSB,PE2900 (311-7942) 8GB 667MHz (4x2GB), Dual Ranked Fully Buffered DIMMs (311-6197) 500GB 7.2K RPM Universal SATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive (341-4157) PERC6i SAS RAID Controller Internal with Battery (341-5699) No Floppy Drive (341-3052) Windows Storage Server 2003 R2with SP2, Standard Edition x64HW RAID (420-7873) 2x Intel PRO 1000PF Single Port 1GbE Optical NIC, PCIe-4 (430-1494) 48X IDE CD-RW/DVD ROM Drive (313-6041) 5X 500GB 7.2K RPM Universal SATA 3Gbps 3.5-in HotPlug Hard Drive (341-4157) Integrated SAS/SATA RAID 5 PERC 5/i Integrated (341-6125) IT PRO Support: 7x24 HW / SW Tech Support and Assistance for Certified IT Staff, 3 Year (984-5512) Dell Hardware Limited WarrantyPlus On Site Service Initial Year (989-0277) IT PRO Support: Next Business Day Onsite Service After Problem Diagnosis, Initial Year (985-1670) IT PRO Support: Next Business Day Onsite Service After Problem Diagnosis, 2Year Extended (984-5472) Dell Hardware Limited WarrantyPlus On Site Service Extended Year(s) (989-0248) I just got off the phone with another vendor in the Atlanta area who sells HP, and some others. He's going to work me up a quote based on what I told him I wanted (about 2 TB storage, as much hardware redundancy in the box as possible, low-price <G> and data de-dup) and I should be getting an email in the next day or two about that. As I mentioned, I have two vendor meets next week to talk about what they have to offer. I expect to get some proposals then and I'll pass along what I can. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Thanks for the reply, Can you share the vendors and the product bundles they presented? From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Well, I'm somewhat in the same situation you are. I'm looking at 2-3 Terabytes of NAS/SAN storage. I've got a couple different quotes, going as low as about $4500.00 all the way up to about $15000 for a nice big SAN with data de-dup built in. And all with redundant hardware built-in. I've got a meeting with two regional vendors next week to see what they can offer and for how much. Personally, I *really* like the IBM quote for about $14-15,000. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 12:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Significantly less. I don't really have a budget. It's more one of those situations where I have a need that should be addressed before things get out of hand. I'm just beginning the process of learning what's out there on the lower end and thinking about an initial proposal to the money types. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Less than the big guy's? On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Martin Blackstone <mblackst...@gmail.com> wrote: What is your budget? -----Original Message----- From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Anyone have any thoughts about or experiences with tiered storage solutions for smaller shops (<100 users and <5 TB of storage on file servers)? I'm just beginning to poke around these waters and thought I'd ask here first. 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