Not most I've run across. Most I've run across buy the disks as each application comes up. Therefore their SANs are just very expensive equivalents of external direct-attach storage.
Snapshots won't be available until the SAN providers complete their integration with Windows 2003. (Are any shipping this yet?) I maintain that anyone who tells you that you can snapshot Windows 2000 and give you a dependably recoverable backup is lying to you. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wohlgemuth, Mike Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 5:51 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange on a SAN most sans (at least the ones I am looking at) ARE "full of disks" AND the storage is virtualized across all of them ... the main reason I am looking into them is for "snapshots" ... almost instantaneous backups (depending on your san administrative solution) of the storage that can be relocated elsewhere for almost pretty darn quick disaster recovery solutions ... beats tape recovery by being able to recover in 5 minutes rather than 5 hours (or days) this , of course, does not mean we will stop doing tape backups ... it is just another level of backup solutions ... ps .. thanks to everyone for your comments .... thanks Mike " the sooner you fall behind, the more time you will have to catch up" - Steven Wright -----Original Message----- From: Ed Crowley [MVP] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:29 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Exchange on a SAN I don't understand why anyone should bother putting Exchange on a SAN unless it is a big SAN full of disks and the storage is virtualized across all of them. Unfortunately, many customers just buy their shelves and disks separately for each application and they ultimately end up with something that doesn't perform any better than direct-attach storage but costs a lot more. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wohlgemuth, Mike Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:47 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Exchange on a SAN Hi all .... We are going to be purchasing a low/mid end SAN and plan on moving our Exchange Back End Server Storage to it ... Comments? Things to read? Experiences? Choices of SAN? Thanks in advance ... Mike Wohlgemuth "To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research" - Steven Wright _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
