Oh, I *know* thats what they do Im trying to be a smart consumer by asking others in a similar position to me whether what Im being offered is really what I need. J
That being said, Im currently using less than ½ Tb of space for all our files on the Windows servers which are both Domain Controllers as well as file/print servers. Were wanting to get a dedicated storage appliance for ourselves and get a second one for a remote location for D/R purposes. Currently email is hosted, but we will probably want to bring it in-house sooner rather than later. The mail server software Im looking at is Kerio Mail server which they say for the users I have, I should only need a couple hundred gigabytes for my mail store. Knowing users, I figure I should probably double what they recommend, so maybe half a terabyte for email. Id also like to redirect my documents to the storage appliance on everyones PCs so that if something happens to their PC, I can just give em another PC and redo the redirect and theyll have their important files back (although most of them shouldnt have anything important on the local PC, except for their email PST files.) How much storage do you think we ought to have on the storage appliance? One potential vendor suggested about 5 Tb. That seems a bit of overkill, but Id rather have more than I need initially than have to go back to management and say I need to get another drive array because I underestimated how much storage wed need. J So, with the above information, what would you, my colleagues recommend? John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: HP StorageWorks X1600 Network Storage System I don't think you understand what it is that sales people do... On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 4:36 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: Redundant power supplies, redundant NICs, server-class hardware (including enterprise SATA drives) their Intellectual Property embedded in the hardware. Windows Server OS, DoubleTake (about $3k there for two copies.) Still not convinced that is the way to go. I had another prospective vendor call me and want me to buy his software-only solution. I finally had to tell him "sorry, that's not the way we want to go." *sigh* I know times are tough all over, but don't try to sell me something that isn't what I want. :-) -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 4:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: HP StorageWorks X1600 Network Storage System On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 2:26 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: > Under $20K for two, in theory. It does not have redundant > controllers as it's essentially a server with lots of direct > attached storage (up to 12 Tb) 2TB SATA disks @ $200 x 6 = $800 Off-the-shelf PC with 6 SATA ports = $800 What's the other $15,000 for? ;-) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/> Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.26/2451 - Release Date: 10/22/09 08:51:00 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.27/2453 - Release Date: 10/23/09 06:56:00 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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