I do agree with Noah that you need a NAS rather than a SAN,

I've used several CNet NAS with satisfaction and they are not so expensive. Get 
closer to Computer Facilities for a quote, they are the CNET representative 
in Uganda.
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De : Malcolm <[email protected]>
À : Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]>
Envoyé le : Lun 15 Février 2010, 14 h 30 min 09 s
Objet : Re: [LUG] SAN solution

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. 
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>On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Daniel Bwente <[email protected]> wrote:
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>Has any one tried out Open Filler?
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>>On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Noah Sematimba <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>On Feb 15, 2010, at 2:49 PM, Meuyou Noumba wrote:
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>>>I've installed 2 SAN HP EVA and they are quite good.
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>>>>You can ask a quote with specifications of your needs to [email protected]
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>>>>He will find the relevant SAN for your infrastructure.
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>>>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.
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