Be careful, a lot of SMB SAN's support only one iscsi initiator at a time. On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 5:01 PM, John Aldrich <[email protected]>wrote:
> Well, according to the sales guy, a few years ago Hitachi decided they > wanted to start making SANS for the SMB market and started producing SANs > with no frills… pretty bare bones storage, but with replication on-board. > J Although he didn’t **say** it is sounds like there are certain > pre-configured packages that they offer and that’s it. In case anyone’s > curious they are called Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100. > > > > I’m looking at 6 Terabytes in a RAID 6 configuration with dual controllers > and on-board replication (still to be determined if it replicates ** > everything** or just the changes!) and installation, and 3 year nbd > warranty for just over $21,000. > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, January 18, 2010 4:18 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: SAN solutions > > > > +1 > > ASB > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > ------------------------------ > > *From: *Kevin Lundy <[email protected]> > > *Date: *Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:01:44 -0500 > > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > > *Subject: *Re: SAN solutions > > > > Assuming these are HDS - you need to make sure and also get all the > management tools priced. That is one thing I discovered with HDS a couple > of years ago - they don't include anything from a s/w perspective. > > > > And at the price below, I'm not sure it is HDS. Unless they have come out > with an entry level line of products, I don't think you can get what you > describe for any where near 20k. > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:56 PM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Ahh… Got a sales guy who used to work for CDW who thinks he can hook me up > with two dual-controller SANs, including on-board replication for a hair > over $20K. That’s for about 6 Terabytes. I’ll ask for more info in that > case. J > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > *From:* Kevin Lundy [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, January 18, 2010 3:53 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: SAN solutions > > > > Hitachi (HDS) makes some awesome SANs. One of the tier 1 providers. Tier > 1 price as well. > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 3:45 PM, John Aldrich < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Just wondering if any of you have heard of NexSan? What about Hitachi?? Any > thoughts on either of these as a SAN vendor? I’m still trying to find > someone who’ll really “wow” me with their product and give me what I need > for a price I can afford and get Management to sign off on. J > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Tile-Tools] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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