Isn't that awesome 9U 1TB now 1U 3TB..
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Lisa Kachold <lisakach...@obnosis.com>wrote: > The bottom line here is going to be cost, sounds like. > > You could go out to get EMC/Clarion, or Netappliance, yet if what you > really might be able to afford is going to come off of Fry's racks. Go look > at what they have? Unless you need a NAS like a Sun 2450 with fiber > channel multipath I/O this is going to be a simple SAN? > > What you might actually need is a NFS SAN? > > I supported 9 U Terrabyte capacity American Micros running 3ware cards > that popped off disks regularly, so you want to be sure your environment is > controlled if you device to go plain NSF4 SAN box or get a HP RAID server > for instance. > > i personally loved the NetAppliance I managed at Teleport for mail, because > it was very powerful and easy to use. > But of course the cost is going to be prohibitive? > > > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Stephen <cryptwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> well i have a large project, I need to create a "growable" store of >> data that is redundant as it will have archival media (audio and >> video). both will be HD quality media. so i am looking at a large pool >> fo data. >> >> i can build a NAS box that will last a while, but it will hit a >> terminal point of capacity. and it will be a single point of access so >> it will create access issues. >> >> So a SAN to distribute both load redundancy and allow for a growing >> capacity is kind of needed. >> >> and looking at most everything out there im leery of jumping on a hype >> bandwagon. >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Alex Dean <a...@crackpot.org> wrote: >> > >> > On Apr 17, 2009, at 3:56 PM, Stephen wrote: >> > >> >> anyone here using a SAN and if so what are they using, maybe some of >> >> the points that sold you on it? or i fyou hate it why? >> >> >> >> it would be nic to have real world thoughts on it instead of all the >> >> markey speak... >> > >> > Could you elaborate on the requirements somewhat? How do you balance >> the >> > goals of redundancy, performance, scalability, cost, etc? >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------- >> > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> Stephen >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > www.obnosis.com (503)754-4452 > "Contradictions do not exist." A. Rand > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >
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