Take a look at the Drobo Elite ( www.datarobotics.com ). It's definitely in that price range. We've got a 16 TB unit for around $6,500.
---------------------- Bob Hartung Wisco Industries, Inc. 736 Janesville St. Oregon, WI 53575 Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 Fax: (608) 835-7399 e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com _____ From: Jay Dale [mailto:jay.d...@3-gig.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:03:57 -0500 Subject: RE: SAN Solution Budget is between 5K – 10K, since we’re a start up. But with the product we provide, and the feedback we are getting, it could turn into something huge so expandability and scalability are important as well. 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. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SAN Solution What's your budget? You should take a peak at iStor, particularly the iS512. Lots of controller and drive options. Also available in a 10G model. http://www.istor.com/products/is512/ You could get 8TB of SATA for under $20K. SAS prices are going to be higher, of course. Another good option that I have had lots of success with from virtualization is StoneFly: http://www.stonefly.com/products/voyager/ Also has SAS/SATA options and excellent pricing. -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 12:17 PM, 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 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
