I'd look at Network Appliance Filers. While not the cheapest, they are extremely reliable, support is exceptional and you have the option of NAS, iSCSI or Fibre Channel. Plus you get Snapshot capability and a bunch of other features. We have four of them--one of them uses iSCSI for an Exchange server. We have all of our home directories and group shares on another of the filers. It's been rock-solid now for three years.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Hutchings Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 12:42 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: SATA storage arrays OT again.. forgiveness please :-) Does anyone have any experience with HP Storage Arrays, specifically the SATA based units? I'm looking at replacement options for one of our main filservers, and right now SAN is a bit out of our league but direct-attached SCSI doesn't seem to offer enough potential once you fill a single cabinet. We usually buy Dell, but the HP MSA20 SATA disk, SCSI connected array caught my eye as it seems a fairly cheap way of adding lots of storage (for general file-serving purposes) whilst apparently being capable of plugging into a HP SAN controller if we do reach that point. Any thoughts much appreciated, either HP specific, or on the whole "I need lots of storage but don't want to pay lots for it" issue! I should stress I'm NOT thinking of putting anything Exchange related on thise, purely file-serving in a 500-ish PC switched network. cheers, Paul _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
