Local computer reseller should be sufficient for your needs. I'd like to ask. Can you answer a question asked of you or take advice proposed without asking another question? Chances are they wanted a lot because they thought they were responding to a high end request. Were I a sales vulture around you I'd be salivating at my commission...
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:47 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com > wrote: > I would love to do that. How much would you expect to pay a consulting firm > for something like this? I looked at a couple groups in the region and was > shocked that they wanted almost as much just to consult as I was looking to > spend on a SAN project.... That being said, it somewhat makes sense, if > they > charge a couple hundred an hour for their services. > > > > From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 11:45 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: SAN question > > +1 > > Hire a consulting firm that can spend a day or two with you to work out > what > your requirements are. They can probably recommend some options (which you > can then come back to the list for some sanity check) > > Cheers > Ken > > From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto: > greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net] > > Sent: Friday, 24 September 2010 11:42 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: SAN question > > Here is my take, swallow what you will ,spit out what you wont.. > > I have no idea what you currently have. Based on your size and the > zillions > of posts around this. > > Identify your space need for the next 3 years. Since you ARE running DFS, > you have to do with LOCAL drives. That means your server thinks they are > built in. NAS units and CIFS shares wont work . DFS requires Windows > 2003/2008 Server to function. DFSR requires 2003 R2 or 2008 servers. Buy > a > NAS that supports ISCSI (Drobo, Synology) or go with a good DAS, MD3000 or > such… Make sure it can handle your storage needs. Any of your servers if > they are within a few years can run Vmware or HyperV and interface with a > DAS and partition space if you want to go that route or install the ISCSI > initiator on your VM’s/Physical and map it to the LUN on the unit. > > Purchase a Datto Backup unit. Capable of taking 15 minute snapshots of > your > server and realtime dropping the whole server, SQL, Exchange, Files into > Vmware waiting to hit the start button in the event of a total failure. > All > of that data replicates to their cloud for recovery in the event of a total > failure or disaster locally. Allows incremental recovery of data locally > as well and recovery to point in time for the whole server or mount SQL or > Exchange without having to go through full recovery procedures. Its slick, > I use it, clients love it, and it just works. I bet the whole solution > would cost you 15k and your monthly would easily spread out over 3 years to > your 30k. Your finance people will love not dropping 30k up front. You > get > reliability, data recovery and business continuity. > > I am the first one to admit, that I can get overwhelmed with the dozens of > options, and you are probably in the position that this decision/purchase > has to be right because if its not your but is on the line. So you are > hesitant to make the decision. We have ALL been there, and we all probably > get there more often than we used to. > > I may suggest you contact a proven IT organization in the area and spend 5 > to 8 hours of their consulting time and help them develop these “business > goals, IT goals” and then give you some options on meeting them. Then come > back to the list with a clear idea and let us throw out suggestions. > > I have no more time to read this ongoing thread until you have done the > work. > > Greg > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 11:17 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: SAN question > > Oh, I understood that you meant that. But I have seen too many times that > the focus is on backup: making the windows, saving space, compressing data, > etc. > > And very little consideration is made to getting it all back into place, > and > reintegrating the saved data with existing data. > > Even backup applications which talk about speed rarely mean "restore speed" > > ASB > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
