Ok, I don't want to start a flame war here, but..... Firstly, NetApp's are not SAN, they are NAS. They are good at NFS, when I was using them the CIFS was pretty weak. Very similar to SunOS (Yes SunOS not Solaris, there is a difference) but that is because the lead engineers were former Sun Fellows. Secondly, EMC being cost effective?? Ok, don't get me wrong, EMC makes the best storage array out there, and they pretty good at SAN and NAS too. But cost effective they are not. Generally they have the highest ticket price of any solution in the industry. The EMC SAN (They call it an ESN) solution is very strong! There NAS offering (The Celerra) is pretty good too. Apparently it outperforms the NetApp for NFS and CIFS, but it also costs allot more. Finally, the SN5420 is an IP Storage Router, it is for bridging SANs with NAS. Basically it is the first Cisco offering out of the IETF IPS (IP Storage) working group. aka: iSCSI If anyone would like to discuss the SN5420 and its completers, I would love to. ______________________________ Thomas Crowe Senior Systems Engineer / Architect CTS - Atlanta Phone: 770-664-3900 ext 45 Cell: 404-277-4089 ______________________________ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Frank Kim Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 7:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Net Appliance vs. Cisco [7:11831] I used to deploy massive F760 netapps. They were great for NFSing; but they were also very heat-sensitive. You may check your datacenter/computer room to make sure it provides enough cooling before throwing those netapps in there. As far as pricing for netapps, they are 'expensive'. For SAN solution, I would look at EMC/Storagetek because it is more cost efficient compared to netapps. -Frank On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Cisco Skin wrote: > Anyone have any experience/recommendations setting up a Net Appliance SAN > using the F800 Filer? The reason I'm asking is that we're getting ready to > purchase one from Net App and my boss just showed me the new Cisco SN 5420. > Just want to get some input from anyone who's using either of these. > > Thanks [GroupStudy.com removed an attachment of type text/x-vcard which had a name of Thomas Crowe.vcf] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=11847&t=11831 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
