I'd be inclined to recommend EMC as well. If you have a relationship with Dell, they're pretty good at negotiating prices. I've found Dell support to be MUCH easier to work with in regards to EMC hardware, over EMC's support.
I manage 2 CX700's currently, both with EMC Celerra NS502G NAS Gateways. I'm very impressed with reliability with the CX hardware, as well as the performance. I'm less impressed with the Celerra, but it has served it's purpose (iSCSI target for Virtual Servers in our Development environment). I'm in the planning stages of bringing a new CX4-960 and I'm excited to reap the benefits of having iSCSI modules on the CX unit itself. I have heard that managing EMC's storage unit is less intuitive than other products, but I haven't been able to compare that portion. I feel I picked up on it fairly quickly and I will say the Navisphere management interface has improved over the years. - Sean On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 9:37 AM, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 on the EMC, stellar reliability although there was a steep learning > curve on the fiber management side. ISCI is definitly easier IMHO. > John W. Cook > Systems Administrator > Partnership For Strong Families > Sent to you from my Blackberry in the Cloud > > ------------------------------ > *From*: Mayo, Bill > *To*: NT System Admin Issues > *Sent*: Fri Oct 09 13:30:58 2009 > *Subject*: RE: NAS/SAN > > +1 > > My semi-sarcastic thought when I read the quote below (ask what they think > about StoneFly) was that the answer would be, "Who?" EMC, in particular, > are in the big leagues. I've never heard any other vendor say that their > hardware wasn't up to snuff. The knocks are generally "too expensive" and > "too complicated". As someone has mentioned before (in regards to the > rebranded Dell versions), EMC will negotiate on price. As for the "too > complicated", if you can't figure out how to use it, you probably don't need > to be administering the SAN anyway. > > My personal opinion is that when you are putting all your storage eggs in > one basket, you want to be sure that the hardware is reliable and that the > support is top notch. In my experience, that is definitely the case with > EMC. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Martin Blackstone [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 12:39 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: NAS/SAN > > Ive never even heard of them. > > > > *From:* Rene de Haas [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 9:07 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: NAS/SAN > > > > Maybe ask the other guys (Lefthand, Dell, ...) what they think about > StoneFly. > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 6:01 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > They all like to point out the deficiencies of their competitors. Just tell > him to focus on his products values and get a demo or at least a > walk-through. > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"John Aldrich" <[email protected]> > > *Date: *Fri, 9 Oct 2009 11:56:01 -0400 > > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > > *Subject: *RE: NAS/SAN > > > > Thanks. That sort of talk made me suspicious that he was blowing smoke, but > it seems like a good product, nonetheless, and if it comes in cheaper than > th Ô ťbig boy Ç I may go with that, especially since ASB > recommends Çśem. J > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Sean Martin [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, October 09, 2009 11:52 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: NAS/SAN > > > > That sounds like nonsense to me. > > > > Have you looked into Dell/EMCs CX4-120? Its the entry level CX unit that > provides both fiber channel and iscsi connectivity via "UltraFlex I/O > Modules". It supports 4GB/s and 8GB/s Fiber Channel and 1 GB/s and 10GB/s > iSCSI. > > > > -Sean > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:39 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Ok, I just got off the phone with a StoneFly sales engineer ŽHe had some > interesting things to say about EMC/Dell/Equallogic/NetApp and LSI. I need > some fact-checking from people who know more than I about this sort of > thin ÇŽ he said that those are ťdum Ç ISCSI devices that c Ô Öt handle > a lot of connections at once and that I ought to buy their product because > that hardware can handle a lot more connections and a lot higher throughput > than the competition. > > > > Was he just blowing smoke up my rear or is that stuff true? > > > > Thanks! > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: The information transmitted, or contained or > attached to or with this Notice is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain Protected Health Information (PHI), > confidential and/or privileged material. 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