Good to know about the MD 3260, I hadn't seen that before. I'm not sure how I feel about stuffing 60 drives in 4U, I always thought Sun was crazy putting 48 drives in 4U with the x4500/x4540 but I when you don't need space for a motherboard/expansion cards I guess you've got space for another dozen disks. I for one certainly don't have a data center which can handle the heat output of 600 drives but if you need a petabyte of storage it might as well fit in a single rack ;)
Thanks -Peter On Nov 13, 2012, at 3:44 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > > We've had good experiences with the Dell MD line. It's been MD1200 up > until now, but are keeping our eyes on their MD3260 (60-bay). > > You're right in that their costs are higher for disks and such, but > since we are a big Dell shop it simplifies support significantly for us > and we have quick turnaround on parts anywhere in the world. > > If that weren't a significant issue I'd go SuperMicro or DataON. We > used SuperMicro for quite a while with mixed experiences. Best bet was > to find a chassis that work and stick with it as long as possible. :) > > Even if you're not using Nexenta, their HCL is valuable for finding HW > that is likely to work for you. > > Ray > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/23592109-868871df > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
