Main Areas of Concern; a) End user capabilities/experience Users have commented that SQL "Could be a little faster" however, I think that is design related not hardware related-
c) Performance Complaints that cad files (on the lan) take long to open d) Capacity/Scalability currently at 1 tb of data- this is why we are looking to get the at the Synology rs3412 seriresWith Audio Images and new video rendering staff we expect to hit quadruple the storage in 12-24 months Ultra-high performance of 1000+ MB/sec throughput and 100,000+ IOPS1Scale up to 136TB with Synology RX1211/RX1211RP2Dual 10GbE ports support (with PCI-E add-on card)VMware®, Citrix®, Microsoft® Hyper-V® complianceCPU Passive Cooling Technology & System Fan RedundancyExpandable ECC RAM module (up to 6GB)Redundant Power Supply Unit (RS3412RPxs only)Running on Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) has the redundant power supplies and NICs' e) Security All controlled by AD (which Synologuy supports) ****f) Business continuity/recovery******* We already have off site backup, however with this little gem, I can do local encypted backups as well so recovery of deleted data wouldnt have to download over the wan (expect of course in an actual disaster ******g) Availability******* Another reason I want to PHYSICAL Hosts so that I can have a Virtual SQL, Citrix, PBX, and Email on standyby, on each host- and use the NAS as iSCSI targets- Will have to confirm with MS Licensing on that h) Audit & compliance Not relevant i) Support & MaintenanceVendor / ME j) Operating Model Not clear on what you mean k) Cross-functional & Other Jean-Paul Natola From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server-Budget Update Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 03:27:45 +0000 There are almost an infinite combination of possible bits of hardware you could purchase. My suggestion is you get some requirements – here are some categories that might assist you in gathering: a) End user capabilities/experience b) Interfaces, integration and interoperability c) Performance d) Capacity/Scalability e) Security f) Business continuity/recovery g) Availability h) Audit & compliance i) Support & Maintenance j) Operating Model k) Cross-functional & Other Work out /what/ you need first, then you can work out /how/ you meet that need. Cheers Ken From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Monday, 24 June 2013 12:03 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server-Budget Update i just figured getting the r3412 there would be no need for the VRTX- but if you have alternate options- PLEASE share Jean-Paul Natola > Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 18:46:31 -0700 > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] NAS or Server-Budget Update > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 6:12 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > So , somehow the client doubled the budget to 10k > > > > So I am looking at the synology 3412RPxs > > > > and I am debating weather to purchase a new host box- or upgrade the the > > curent r300 to a full 24gb of ram- > > > > this would allow me to add at least another 3 guests- as i do not need > > storage on it due to having the synology 3412 > > > > So I would have in the end > > > > Host A win 2012 with 2 guests > > > > guest 1) Exchange 2013 with 16gb ram > > guest 2) 2012 DC 4gb > > > > Host B) VShere (24 gb ram) > > > > Guest 1) 2008 citrix / TS 2 gb ram > > > > Guest 2) 2012 DC 2 gb ram > > > > Guest 3) 2012 print/ file server (16 gb ram ) with ISCSCI data held on > > synology > > > > > > Physical server - running 2003 with sql 2005 (currently in existence- if > > aint broke don't fix it) > > > > The only thing I would like for additional redundancy is have another SQL > > on "standby" and another Exchange on standby- Not sure how the licensing > > works on that > > > > Any feedback would be GREATLY appreciated > > I hadn't been aware of the Dell VRTX units before this conversation, > and they seem extremely attractive for this situation. > > Kurt > >
