I dont think so, its pretty old and EOL'd. The Netapp expansion path for that one is to upgrade to a FAS 2000 platform :)
________________________________ From: "richardmccl...@aspca.org" <richardmccl...@aspca.org> To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 12:06:54 PM Subject: Re: Care to share on LeftHand? Can a NetApp StoreVault S500 be expanded? A bit of a hijack, but since you mentioned NetApp... Thanks for your patience! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Pete Howard <pchow...@yahoo.com> wrote on 04/07/2010 10:58:55 AM: > Netapp is not in the category of "buy the whole thing over again > when you need more disk space". Even the smaller units in the 2000 > series are easily expandable by adding disk shelves. The 2050 which > is comparable to the Eql PS4000 can scale to about 108 disks which > comes to 5 external shelves. Same thing with several flavors from > EMC, HP and others. The Eql solution is expanded with another array > but its price competitive with a netapp shelf last I knew and you > get more controllers and network with it. > > From: John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com> > To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> > Sent: Wed, April 7, 2010 10:27:59 AM > Subject: RE: Care to share on LeftHand? > I’m in a similar position, as I’ve mentioned here several times. J > My only problem with things like NetApp and Equallogic is that they > want you to buy the whole thing over again when you need more disk > space, etc. One of the benefits of looking at second-tier > manufacturers is that they often will not make you buy the whole > thing over again. If there’s any chance you’ll want more disk space > in the next couple or three years, you might look for a lower-cost > vendor who offers the option to just add a tray of drives (JBOD) or > an “intelligent” tray of drives. Several second-tier vendors have > offered that option to me. > Of course, I am not in a position to make a choice right now, but if > I did, I would probably go with someone like Scaled Computing as > they offer the “intelligent tray of drives” option for upgrades and > don’t make you buy the whole thing again. I don’t have a quote from > the local reseller yet, but it’s going to be close to my current > expected ceiling of $30K for two SANs installed. > > [image removed] [image removed] > > From: Damien Solodow [mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 10:20 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Care to share on LeftHand? > > 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/> ~
