Yeah, I checked ISE out at SNW in Orlando as well - doesn't really fit within our architecture but very impressive. Besides, management wanted the vendors on our list and no others - their view of "Tier 1" vendors. I did manage to get LeftHand and 3PAR on the list though I did get beat up over it.
The ISE display was tight- 1 PB in 3 standard 72U racks and a starship blue glow! The self-healing drive packs are an interesting idea - I'll wait to see how it works out as thay start collecting data on failure rates, etc. LeftHand missed the submission cutoff and then bullied their way into our storage survey anyway - very pushy indeed and frankly burning bridges before they cross them. We evaluated HP DL380s for a server project and they were strong but didn't win and that is the LeftHand platform they are trying to sell us (with SAN/iQ of course). Dell and EMC both proposed entry level SANs (AX4-5) - they are cheap and I can't seem to make management understand you get what you pay for! However, I don't need vendors, I need evaluation methodologies. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. Jeff On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 8:22 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I highly recommend adding Xiotech to the list. Their new "ISE" based SAN > (specifically look at the Emprise 7000) is impressive. Played with it at > Storage World in Orlando last month, and was highly impressed. > > > > > > *"Jeffrey Showen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* > > 06/29/2008 06:57 PM Please respond to > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > > To > "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> cc > Subject > New SAN Selection Question > > > > > I'm looking for a methodology to evaluate new Storage Area Network > solutions for our enterprise environment. We have tight power, weight, and > support requirements and have narrowed the field to 8 vendors based on a > variety of these (and other) threshold requirements. The challenge now is > that the vendor submissions/solutions are mostly so close to each other that > a paper evaluation fails to significantly differentiate them. We are on a > tight schedule (management - don't ask) and it looks like we will end up > testing I/O on solutions from all 8 vendors (Dell, EMC, IBM, NetApp, > LeftHand Networks, Sun, Overland, HP). > > We are an ESX shop - is it enough to just configure the eval SANs (the > same) for our environment and then run Iometer tests from a client to the > primary SAN(s) or is there a better or more thorough approach? We want to > use mirroring/replication at the SAN level between redundant SANs for high > availability but that can get expensive so I am open to any ideas here as > well. > > I know this is a big question with sketchy details but there are a lot of > moving parts and I was just wondering if someone had done this and could > provide insight. > > Thanks > > Jeff Showen > iGov Systems Engineer > Tampa, FL 33619 > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
