RE: First Steps into the SAN Arena

Give Richie his notes back. -sc > -Original Message- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 6:04 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:59 PM, John Co

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On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 5:59 PM, John Cook wrote: > Ask SC, somebody died and made him hall monitor. ♬ Smokin' in the boys room... ♬ -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~ --- To manage subscr

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riday, November 19, 2010 5:59 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena > > Ask SC, somebody died and made him hall monitor. > John W. Cook > Systems Administrator > Partnership for Strong Families > > - Original Message -

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sues > Sent: Fri Nov 19 17:55:36 2010 > Subject: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena > > Don't you mean you're required to buy two? > > On Friday, November 19, 2010, John Cook wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

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Ask SC, somebody died and made him hall monitor. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families - Original Message - From: Jonathan Link To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Fri Nov 19 17:55:36 2010 Subject: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena Don't you mean y

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gt; > > > From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 2:59 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena > > DLINK recently bought out iStor, which is essentially Tier2 or 3 enterprise > stuff.   Good pr

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gt; 5950 NW 1st Place > Gainesville, Fl 32607 > Cell (352) 215-6944 > MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 > > > From: Don Ely [mailto:don@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 4:19 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: First Steps

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, November 19, 2010 4:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena Pillar owned by Larry Ellison... ;o) On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:35 AM, John Cook mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org>> wrote: I've not heard anyone mention Pillar Systems SANs. I saw a pretty impre

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for Strong Families > > -- > *From*: Sean Martin > *To*: NT System Admin Issues > *Sent*: Fri Nov 19 13:30:14 2010 > > *Subject*: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena > > I believe EQL has been providing storage tiering for a little awhile now. > We didn&#x

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Good to know it's not some "prosumer" piece of junk. ;-) Thanks, Andrew! From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 2:59 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena DLINK recently bought out iStor, which is es

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e-user equipment. > > > > From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 1:36 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena > > I've not heard anyone mention Pillar Systems SANs. I saw a pretty > impr

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r 19, 2010 1:36 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena I've not heard anyone mention Pillar Systems SANs. I saw a pretty impressive demo by them several months back. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership

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bject: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena I believe EQL has been providing storage tiering for a little awhile now. We didn't get into that level of testing during our proof of concept, but the consultant assisting with us with our VMWare POC had nothing but great things to say about the

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I believe EQL has been providing storage tiering for a little awhile now. We didn't get into that level of testing during our proof of concept, but the consultant assisting with us with our VMWare POC had nothing but great things to say about the capability. I think the recent addition to that feat

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al Message- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 1:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Sean Martin wrote: > EQL on the other hand inclues a lot of built-in functionality like

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On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Sean Martin wrote: > EQL on the other hand inclues a lot of built-in functionality like > snapshots, array-to-array replications, etc. without charging more. I hear > they will soon (or maybe have already) provide CIFS/NFS but that will > require an additional arr

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upport >> etc, future expandability, etc. >> >> >> >> We have about 24 TB of data but a lot of it is online archive data that we >> must keep online. >> >> >> >> Jim >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>

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of data but a lot of it is online archive data that we > must keep online. > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, November 18, 2010 3:58 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issu

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xpensive cabinets/shelves just to store 5 year old stuff that people still access occasionally. From: jwalt...@specservices.com [mailto:jwalt...@specservices.com] Sent: 19 November 2010 16:06 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: First Steps into the SAN Arena Thanks Sean and everyone el

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I definitely like the US tech support, the 4 hours onsite support > etc, future expandability, etc. > > > > We have about 24 TB of data but a lot of it is online archive data that we > must keep online. > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > &

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rs onsite support etc, future expandability, etc. We have about 24 TB of data but a lot of it is online archive data that we must keep online. Jim From: Sean Martin [mailto:seanmarti...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 3:58 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: First S

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November 2010 15:02 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena +1 for Equalogics. They just work and they are constantly adding new features and tighter integrations with VMware and Hyper V. If you're looking at the NS line I would definitely talk to Dell

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+1 for Equalogics. They just work and they are constantly adding new features and tighter integrations with VMware and Hyper V. If you're looking at the NS line I would definitely talk to Dell about Equalogics. Are you planning on utilizing the CIFS or NFS features? If not, look at the CX4 lin

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performance has been fantastic and the cost was only slightly higher than the renewal for Maintenance of the two EMC's was going to be. From: Anders Blomgren [mailto:chanks...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 3:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena

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And EqualLogic is where we headed when it was time to set up a vsphere cluster. Getting another celerra or adding shelves to the current one didnt make sense. -Anders Sent from my iPhone On 19 nov 2010, at 01:47, Jonathan Link wrote: Yes, I got an EMC pitch before I stepped into an EqualLogic

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Yes, I got an EMC pitch before I stepped into an EqualLogic. On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Anders Blomgren wrote: > That behind that admitedly much improved gui the celerra is a complex > beast. > > That quite a few more complex system changes require an EMC Technitian. > > That being said, I

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What are your storage requirements? We were able to evade the SAN question entirely with very large NAS that supports block synchronization between two (or more) nodes - talking 24-48TB per node. Jack Kramer Computer Systems Specialist University Relations, Michigan State University w: 517-8

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If you're looking at the NS line I would definitely talk to Dell about Equalogics. Are you planning on utilizing the CIFS or NFS features? If not, look at the CX4 line as they support iSCSI and Fiber Channel. I agree with Anders that the Celerra interface is not the most intuitive and is overly co

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That behind that admitedly much improved gui the celerra is a complex beast. That quite a few more complex system changes require an EMC Technitian. That being said, I do like our Celerra. And probably wont get another one when our current one needs replacing. The celerra is clariion storage and