I should mention, though you probably already know it, that adding a new unit is the way Lefthand does their expansion.
If you've got two units in HA, adding a third of the same size give you double the space - kinda like RAID5 over the network. I believe that the software can be had separately from the hardware, if you're in the mood to roll your own, but I'm not sure that's a road I'd take, unless, for instance, I could get Dell hardware substantially cheaper than HP hardware. Kurt On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 07:20, Damien Solodow <damien.solo...@harrison.edu> wrote: > We’re in the process of evaluating some replacement options for an aging EVA > 4000. > > > > So far I’m pretty partial to the Equallogic arrays and the NetApp offerings, > but our HP reseller is making a lot of noise about a P4000 array (formerly > LeftHand). > > > > I’m curious if anyone has firsthand experience with the LeftHand arrays that > they’d care to share with the class. > > > > Based on what I’ve seen it sounds like the arrays are basically just low to > mid range servers with local attached storage that run an appliance OS. Sort > of like a souped up Starwind implementation. ;) > > > > DAMIEN SOLODOW > > Systems Engineer > > 317.217.6881 (office) > > 317.217.6851 (fax) > > HARRISON COLLEGE > > 603 East Washington Street > > Suite 600 > > Indianapolis, IN 46204-2646 > > www.harrison.edu > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~