Thanks for the input. We're trying to get a meeting scheduled with 3Par, I'll make sure those are both on my list of things to ask. We do have a number of Solaris machines, as well we Windows machines. And expandability is always a concern.
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Maglinger, Paul <pmaglin...@scvl.com>wrote: > Not familiar with 3Par, but if you are running a mixed environment of > Windows and UNIX machines sharing the same files make sure your new solution > works as well as the NetApp does. > > The only downside to NetApp that I see is that to expand your storage by > adding physical disks, you have to have the free rack space for the new > drives and then move the data over to them. HP EVA systems you can replace > physical drives one at a time – slow because it has to level each time, but > effective if you don’t have the spare room. It would be interesting to hear > how 3Par takes care of it. > > > > -Paul > > > > *From:* Rob Bonfiglio [mailto:robbonfig...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 15, 2010 10:45 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* 3Par vs NetApp > > > > Does anyone have any thoughts on comparing 3Par solutions with NetApp? We > currently have NetApp, and we need to replace it. The price for the new > NetApp is much higher than we want it to be though, so we are looking at > other solutions. We are looking for 50TB usable space. > > > > How do the management apps compare between the two solutions? > > How easy is the 3Par to expand? (We are probably looking at the F400 > series) > > Will 3 Par use SAS drives? I saw FC, SATA, and Solid State listed, but not > SAS. > > > > I'm willing to listen to any thoughts that any of you have. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
