It's the same with HP, you just buy another node. They are basically rebadged Proliant DL380's I think. You can buy a node and stick it off site, or use their software to put a virtual node offsite using some of your older hardware. It's the software that really makes it stand out.
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:38 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>wrote: > The really nice thing I like about the Silicon Mechanics option is that > they **do** use off-the-shelf hardware and more disk space is as easy as > plugging in another tray of drives. No need to rip everything out and start > over (as with some of the “big names.”) Granted I can see the usefulness of > buying more intelligence, but that being said, if you mainly just need raw > storage, you shouldn’t need to buy the brains each time you need to add more > drives. > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, June 07, 2010 12:31 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: SAN Solution > > > > Just testing an HP P4300 (lefthand) G2 7.2GB starter SAN. Excellent > performance. Fantastic price. Usability is very good too. I was in the > running for the equallogic too, but the HP came in at about 3/5th of the > price and I like the interface better. > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Jay Dale <jay.d...@3-gig.com> wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > I am looking for a SAN solution for our environment. Currently we are a > software company developing software for O&G industries. We’re running > about 25 VM’s in an ESXi infrastructure at about 100GB each. QA tends to > make and break VM’s on a regular basis. We also want to consolidate data > for backups, VM’s, user data, and Shadowprotect laptop images. We’re > currently looking at the Dell/Equalogic solutions around 3-5TB. > > > > Anyone have any recommendations? > > > > *Jay Dale* > > I.T. Manager, 3GiG > > Mobile: 713.299.2541 > > Email: jay.d...@3-gig.com > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attached files, may > contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the > intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby > notified that any review, dissemination or copying of this e-mail and > attachments, if any, or the information contained herein, is strictly > prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive > information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply > e-mail and delete all copies of this message. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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