If true, it would have been nice of them to disclose that before purchase, methinks...
Kurt On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 17:04, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe the next versions of VNX (5700, 7500, etc) support SCSI 3 > protocol which would not have that limitation. I believe this was a > limitation that was purposely introduced into the VNXe because EMC is > marketing it as an entry level "all-in-one" storage solution. They > need reasons for customers to scale up to the more expensive > platforms. I believe even the older CX, CX3 and CX4 models supported > SCSI 3. > > - Sean > > On 2/7/12, Mathew Shember <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have not used an EMC in a while but that does sound familiar. >> >> I did find one of their sheets that does say the size is limited to that. >> >> http://www.emc.com/collateral/hardware/specification-sheet/h8515-vnxe-ss.pdf >> >> Thanks, >> Mathew >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:22 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: EMC limitations? >> >> I've got a new-ish (January) EMC VNXe 3100, and have run into a troubling >> limitation - in use as an iSCSI device, it doesn't support LUNs larger than >> 1.99tb. According to a post by EMC staff on their community forum, it's doe >> to the implementation of the SCSI II protocol. >> >> I don't know if this limitations affects its use as a NAS, but that's >> disturbing. My Lefthand units support larger LUNs with no problem. >> And, otherwise, it's performed just fine - no problems at all. >> >> Does anyone out there now if other EMC products have this limitation? >> >> Kurt >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ >> <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
