I'm actually using about 150 Gigabytes. I was wanting to "future proof" somewhat with the idea that I might be bringing email in-house next year as well and I didn't want to run low on space. But you have a good point that maybe I don't need 5 TB array to begin with. Maybe I can buy like a 1.5 TB or 2 TB and just add drives as needed. that's one argument in favor of the Compellent solution - you can just add drives to the array as needed. of course I have yet to see the price tag on their proposal. J
John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SAN solutions In your previous discussions you mentioned that you're not using anywhere near 5 TB now. IIRC it was 1.5? I would suggest that you're overbuying storage upfront. The entire idea behind a SAN is that you allocate (and purchase) storage as it is needed. I purchased a 2 TB (raw) EqualLogic array in April with the idea that I would add additional storage in the future (next year). On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:48 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]> wrote: Yeah. the quote I got from Dell was MSRP because I'm working with a VAR and they won't quote against themselves. J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: N Parr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SAN solutions Probably not apples to apples but I had a quote for an 8TB EQ array for well less than 20 a few months ago. _____ From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:05 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SAN solutions Yeah. but I have a feeling that the Compellent solution may be lower cost. J I got an MSRP on an Equallogic system. $42K for a 5 Tb useable system. No way I'm going to be able to afford two of those to do D/R. L John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Brian Desmond [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SAN solutions Lefthand (Bought by HP) and Equalogic (bought by Dell) play in this space as well. Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] c - 312.731.3132 From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SAN solutions Anyone know anything about a SAN manufacturer called Compellent? I just had a webinar with them and they seem like they're pretty good. They have separate drive chassis and controllers, with the controller being essentially a server class machine. Anyway, just thought I'd ask in here if anyone had any experience with them. John-AldrichTile-Tools No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/> Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.34/2462 - Release Date: 10/27/09 07:38:00 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/> Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.34/2462 - Release Date: 10/27/09 07:38:00 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.36/2465 - Release Date: 10/28/09 09:34:00 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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