I haven't used them, I'm a 3par fan (I'd recommend them, but they've got no NAS features built-in), but I've heard good things about Compellant. Great featureset, reasonable price.
If you're looking lower cost, check out Nexenta - it's based on opensolaris but with a bunch of commercially supported additional features. And no, we haven't used them either, but we're going to be trying them out soon. ;) Nicholas On Jul 2, 2010 3:41 PM, "Dan Parsons" <dpars...@nyip.net> wrote: > I'm looking into replacing our aging EMC SAN installation with > something else, and I thought I'd ping the list for suggestions. > Basically I'm looking for, preferably, one box that can do NFS really > well and also do fibre channel really well (mostly for ESX LUNs). I've > used NetApp gear in the past for both these purposes to great success, > and I'd happily try them again, but I suspect there might be some > newer, more agile companies out there with competitive alternatives > and better pricing. > > The management interface counts for a lot too: I hate EMC's with a > fiery passion. Something web based is much, much better than a java > app that only works well on Windows. > > Aside from excelling at NFS and fc, and being "officially supported" > by VMware, Inc., flexibility in terms of being able to use both SATA > and FC/SAS disks where I like is a good plus too. Easy storage > expansion by adding more drive shelves is important. Enough > controllers with sufficient horsepower such that they can be slammed > by NFS but still serve up fibre channel without a hitch is important. > In terms of capacity, I'd probably need around 16TB usable to start, > and growing quickly from there. > > Cost is a consideration, but I should probably put this in > perspective: I know how much top-tier stuff from NetApp and EMC costs, > and I'm prepared to pay that, but if there's another company out there > that is just as good or better for a bit less, then I should consider > their products too. I'm not expecting 30TB for $8k or anything like > that! But I don't want to spend money I don't have to just because I > haven't heard of an alternative. > > So, any companies / products you can recommend along those lines, I'd > love to hear about. Thanks! > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lopsa.org > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/
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