I have use Cybernetics gear in the past. Make sure you check the support options very carefully and understand what type of response you're entitled to before pulling the trigger.
Also make sure the unit you're considering is on the HCL for both VMware and Hyper-V. For inexpensive iSCSI storage, have you looked at QNAP? I have a TS-859U-RP+ that has been flawless as a VMware datastore for about a year and a half. On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Scott Kaufman <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Glen. > > Only looking at a single unit, so no replication. > The unit is being recommended by the department to support a > virtualization environment, using esx & hyper-v v3, in both clustered and > non-clustered configurations. And they would be constantly building & > tearing down VM’s, so there is going to be lots of random I/O. > > I haven’t been able to find any useful information on how performant this > unit will be for the needs. > > Scott > > Sent from Windows RT > > *From:* Glen Johnson <[email protected]> > *Sent:* February 14, 2013 10:56 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> > *Subject:* RE: Reliability of Cybernetics san/nas HW > > > We have two of their units.**** > > One miSAN-D8 with 8 x 3 tb SATA drives.**** > > One iSAND with 6 x SAS drive and 6 x SATA drives.**** > > We’ve been quite happy with the support overall. We had two drives in the > miSAND fail. They provide a spare for us to keep on site, replace the > failed drive, send it back to them and they return a replacement spare in a > few days.**** > > We originally had a problem getting replication to complete between the > two units, but the latest firmware solved that problem.**** > > Now, I don’t have anything to compare it against for performance, but for > our use it is works well.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Scott Kaufman [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, February 14, 2013 10:34 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Reliability of Cybernetics san/nas HW**** > > ** ** > > Hello everyone,**** > > ** ** > > Does anyone have any experience with Cybernetics SAN/NAS hardware? We > have a request from a department that wants to get an 16TB model.**** > > Looks like the model # is: miSAN-D8/T8: 8TB SATA 7.2K drives, 8 bay, 2U*** > * > > with an expansion unit of: EX8/T8: 8TB SATA 7.2K drives, 8 bay, 2U**** > > ** ** > > I've read the marketing stuff from the company. I've found a few reviews, > with more than 50% being negative.**** > > Just looking for more information & experience if anyone has any they'd be > willing to share.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > Scott**** > > ~ 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
