Martin, et al: The most I know about this SAN is that it's called Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100 and it's pretty bare-bones, but then I don't think I need a lot of bells and whistles. As best I can tell it doesn't have a lot of options and pretty much you get to choose from a set of pre-set options and don't get to pick and choose like you can with a NetApp or some other options. One of the few things you can choose is single or dual-controller and fiber-channel or iSCSI. And then you can choose from a set of pre-selected storage sizes and that's pretty much all you get. I'm working on getting more details as the former CDW rep hasn't handed out a lot of details yet. I have some information I can forward to anyone who's interested (a set of 3 PDF files about 2-3 pages each) about HSMS.
As I said, I'm waiting to get some more details. What I've been told is that Hitachi decided several years ago to get into the SMB market, but that (according to the former CDW rep) there's not as much profit to be made from this as there is from the medium-tier vendors such as NetApp, etc. so that sales reps don't recommend this and that's why this is somewhat of an "open secret." J 'Course I'm sure that's about half marketing BS, but I'm sure there's a grain of truth in it. I did Google Hitachi Simple Modular Storage 100 and found some information yesterday, so I know it exists. I still don't know much about it. John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 9:15 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SAN solutions An HDS SAN w 6TB for 20K? A TRUE HDS SAN is a tier 1 storage product. I can't even accurately guess, but with the needed tools, apps, etc, you are looking at maybe $500K. Plus it would have to be professionally installed. You are not going to be able to touch that thing. Except for provisioning. I just don't buy it. It would be interesting for you to post the specific model/config. Also, I would urge you to stick with a local VAR. You are going to need help standing this thing up, training, and in the event the whole thing tips over, someone you can call in a hurry to come help. In the interest of full disclosure and as you know, I work for a NetApp VAR (wrong coast for you), and when we do an install, its top to bottom, with training, and troubleshooting along the way. Also when a customer has a problem, we are often the first person they call. From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 12:57 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SAN solutions 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 John-AldrichTile-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 John-AldrichTile-Tools ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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