You're missing my point. Let me explain. No there's not time, let me sum up. This is a question that can't be answered by the list. We don't know your environment, and even it you relayed every detail, we aren't there. Going to the vendors and getting their ownership materials would be a good starting point. Then you have to factor in your growth over the life of the SAN. I asked about maintenance costs up front with all of my prospective vendors. I asked about expanding disk space in all cases, such as replacing disks with larger disks or fully populating an array. Those are some of the questions to start with. They will be necessarily different depending on vendor and/or model.
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Paul Hutchings <paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk>wrote: > Jonathan, relatively new yet but I know it's a bit of a sticking point and > I've no intention of this being a "what SAN" thread, however the cheapest to > buy isn't necessarily the cheapest over a longer term - that's what I'm > asking, how the heck do you begin to try and work the long term costs out > (money out the door, not talking things like my time). > ~ 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
