Skeeve, > Looking to talk to someone regarding costs and timeframes of designing and > implementing a MDS based solution in Sydney. > > Contact me via email please at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"timeframes" on MDS are always very quick. its typically <7 days lead time, more commonly its in the range of 3 days. this is largely driven by requirements of OSMs (Original Storage Manufacturers). for "costs" & procurement of MDS equipment, you'll have to talk to storage partners who aren't the usual Cisco partners you'll see for other Cisco LAN/WAN equipment. the storage/SAN market is very different from traditional markets that Cisco sells equipment in to. if you're after specific SAN contacts in Australia, drop me a line, I can point you at some contacts in partners depending on what it is that you're after. for "SAN Design" (FC), the link to "Advanced SAN design" whitepaper at <http://www.cisco.com/go/mds> should be a good starting point. at least, I tend to think so, I think the guy that wrote that paper is a nice guy. <grin> If you're after design help on implementing SAN extension between locations via IP (e.g. FCIP), or via an optical transport, the design guide at <http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns394/ns259/ns516/net_design _guidance0900aecd8023dd9d.pdf> can be considered the definitive source for information. exactly what can be deployed by whom largely depends on the storage vendor & what they have 'qualified' and 'certified'. cheers, lincoln. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
