They could probably fit that many in that amount of space if the drives go in vertically like the 24 drive SataBeast from Nexsan Technologies ( http://www.nexsan.com/satabeast.php).
Joe On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Robert Cato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Went to an Equallogic/VMWare DR luncheon yesterday. We (management) have > issues with buying from Dell, but that SAN was sweet. They will be debuting > a 48 drive 5U SAN very soon. I could not find the specs online, but the guy > said they were full 3.5" drives (SAS or SATA), but I find it hard to believe > that many would fit in a 5U box. > > Virtualized storage is way cool. > > *From:* Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 22, 2008 12:48 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* Re: iSCSI SAN for esx and general use >> >> >> >> Hmmmm, I can get the S550 for over half of that cost with more space.. >> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Jonathan Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> What Equallogic, seriously? I was looking at PS5000E for like $26,000, >> 2TB single controler config. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> You couldn't handle it. >> >> >> >> Shook >> >> >> >> *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 19, 2008 3:38 PM >> >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> >> *Subject:* Re: iSCSI SAN for esx and general use >> >> >> >> Man, I need to get some of that... >> >> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:29 PM, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> Yep and just sent you something off-list… >> >> >> >> Shook >> >> >> >> *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 19, 2008 2:24 PM >> >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: iSCSI SAN for esx and general use >> >> >> >> Equallogic is cheaper then an S550? I am seeing ~5k for an S550 w/o >> drives? You sure? >> >> Thanks! >> jlc >> >> >> >> *From:* Andy Shook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:53 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* RE: iSCSI SAN for esx and general use >> >> >> >> JLC, >> >> Look at Equallogic. Better IO's and cheaper than S550's. <IME> If you need >> a referral to the partner I used to get the primo pricing, let me know. >> >> >> >> Shook >> >> >> >> *From:* Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 19, 2008 11:54 AM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* iSCSI SAN for esx and general use >> >> >> >> I need some more IO and don't have time to roll my own solution as I cant >> afford the testing interval. >> >> >> >> Looking at some cheap Netapp S550's right now. Anyone got any >> experiences/reco's they can share? >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> jlc >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- Joe Fox Systems/Network Administrator Mobile# (716) 846-9308 http://www.linkedin.com/in/josephfoxjr ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
