Hi, That is a good point. These NAS/SAN solutions come with hardware & software But if you are just looking for a low-power hardware solution because you are going to install freenas on it anyways. What would be your options then?
-- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net On Monday 15 February 2010 16:30:09 Malcolm wrote: > im mainly looking at the hardware but thanks. wil also look into the > software. > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Okello Baldwin <[email protected]>wrote: > > I would suggest you have a look at FreeNAS and OpenFiler, These are > > direct Open Source competitors to your EMC and NetApp Solutions. > > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Daniel Bwente <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Has any one tried out Open Filler? > >> > >> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Noah Sematimba <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> On Feb 15, 2010, at 2:49 PM, Meuyou Noumba wrote: > >>> > >>> I've installed 2 SAN HP EVA and they are quite good. > >>> > >>> You can ask a quote with specifications of your needs to > >>> [email protected] > >>> He will find the relevant SAN for your infrastructure. > >>> > >>> > >>> - > >>> > >>> > >>> From what Malcolm has described, he needs a NAS not a SAN. I have done > >>> EVAs before and they are very expensive, and purely SANs meaning you > >>> only access them via FC and not iscsi or CIFS or NFS. Perhaps one of > >>> HP's NAS products but most definitely not EVA. > >>> > >>> Noah. > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> LUG mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >>> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >>> > >>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > >>> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > >>> way. --------------------------------------- > >> > >> -- > >> Dan > >> +256-071-2-552035 > >> > >> "You won't have eyes tonight. You won't have ears or a tongue. you will > >> wander the underworld blind, deaf and dumb and all the dead will know; > >> This is Hector: the fool who thought he killed Achilles." > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >> > >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > >> attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > >> way. --------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any > > way. --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
