On a slightly different note, I support a large san based off of HP EVA storage (~60tb) attached to a clustered GS320 running Tru64 Unix and another system HP GS1280) attached to the same fabric using an additional 24tb. Also a system running HPUX (two RX8620's) also attached to about 48TB. This is not a cheap solution an probably not what you are looking for, but we have tested RH AS4 with it and love the reliability and speeds we were getting from the EVA's ( a mix of EVA5000 (2gig/s) and EVA8000 (4gig/s) ). What we hate is the footprint. Others have mentioned 9tb in 1u. These are large racks requiring 220v power and lots of cooling. The 60tb is in 5 cabinets (4 for disk and one for the san fabric) and the 24tb is in 3 cabs (smaller disks). The 48tb is in 3 cabs and has it's own rack for the switches. All the above require an SMA (each) running Windows.
Real world: Great for speed, redundancy, and reliability. High cost. On Friday 17 April 2009 15:56:17 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... --------------------------------------------------- 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
