Re: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy?

2009-07-06 Thread Eric E Eskam
"Richard Stovall" wrote on 07/02/2009 11:50:55 AM: > Anyone have any thoughts about or experiences with tiered storage > solutions for smaller shops (<100 users and <5 TB of storage on file > servers)? I've been anxiously waiting to see some performance numbers for a Drobo Pro connected to a

RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy?

2009-07-03 Thread John Aldrich
System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Thanks for this. Are these just the backend systems? Is there a software layer included to create and manage policies for automatically moving files to the appropriate tier? (Or is that something that's out o

RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy?

2009-07-02 Thread John Aldrich
I believe the IBM rep mentioned that. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:mblackst...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 2:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? The IBM N series are NetApps. Very sweet

RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy?

2009-07-02 Thread Richard Stovall
ilto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 2:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Sure... a local IBM reseller (Dynamix Group http://www.dynamixgroup.com) offered me three different solutions: 1) IBM DS3300 iSCSI SAN with 6 x 500 GB S

RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy?

2009-07-02 Thread Martin Blackstone
The IBM N series are NetApps. Very sweet. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 11:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Sure. a local IBM reseller (Dynamix Group http

RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy?

2009-07-02 Thread John Aldrich
ubject: RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Thanks for the reply, Can you share the vendors and the product bundles they presented? From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tier

RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy?

2009-07-02 Thread Richard Stovall
Thanks for the reply, Can you share the vendors and the product bundles they presented? From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 1:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Well, I&#

RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy?

2009-07-02 Thread John Aldrich
2009 12:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Significantly less. I don't really have a budget. It's more one of those situations where I have a need that should be addressed before things get out of hand. I'm just beginning

RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy?

2009-07-02 Thread Richard Stovall
roposal to the money types. From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Less than the big guy's? On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Martin Blackstone wr

Re: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy?

2009-07-02 Thread Jonathan Link
n Issues > Subject: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? > > Anyone have any thoughts about or experiences with tiered storage > solutions for smaller shops (<100 users and <5 TB of storage on file > servers)? > > I'm just beginning to poke around these

RE: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy?

2009-07-02 Thread Martin Blackstone
What is your budget? -Original Message- From: Richard Stovall [mailto:richard.stov...@researchdata.com] Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 8:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy? Anyone have any thoughts about or experiences with tiered

Tiered Storage Solutions for the little guy?

2009-07-02 Thread Richard Stovall
Anyone have any thoughts about or experiences with tiered storage solutions for smaller shops (<100 users and <5 TB of storage on file servers)? I'm just beginning to poke around these waters and thought I'd ask here first. Thanks, RS ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource h