Have you ever priced upgrading the storage on a Data Domain box? Yowza! On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Phillip Partipilo <[email protected]> wrote:
> No blanks? Same dirty techniques as HP, tried to jack us for more money > by telling me there was no such SKU for an empty sled. Which was bull. > Found them on fleabay. $118 for 250gb, that is about what we recently paid > for 2TB Hitachis (after rebate). J Does look like a pretty cool device > though. > > > > > > Phillip Partipilo > > Parametric Solutions Inc. > > Jupiter, Florida > > (561) 747-6107 > > > > > > *From:* Jackson, Jeff [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:55 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Removable SATA backups > > > > Installed in sleds. The sleds, apparently, make the drives much more robust > in regards to dropping, etc. ( > http://www.high-rely.com/HR3/includes/test.php). The list on the Tandem > DXR is $685. They don’t sell empty sleds, at least they aren’t listed on > their web. A 250 GB drive starts at $118 and the price goes up to $321 for a > 2 TB drive. The drives in my sleds are all 1TB Hitachi Deskstars. Don’t know > about what they put in other sizes. Anyway, if I had too, I could simple > unscrew a drive from a sled and plug it in internally into a workstation or > server and be able to do a recovery. > > > > Jeff > > > > *From:* Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 16, 2010 3:08 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Removable SATA backups > > > > Do you need the drives installed in sleds, or do you put in the bare drive? > > > > How much did it cost? > > > > > > Phillip Partipilo > > Parametric Solutions Inc. > > Jupiter, Florida > > (561) 747-6107 > > > > > > *From:* Jackson, Jeff [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 16, 2010 4:03 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Removable SATA backups > > > > Hi Andrew, > > > > We’ve gotten rid of tape using this system: > > > > http://www.high-rely.com/HR3/includes/TandemDXR/TandemDXR.php > > > > I can’t tell on the unit’s you’ve linked to, but this mirrors the two > drives, so you pull out one for off-site, while the other drive remains > online. The mirroring is done inside the box, so when you plug in the “old” > drive returning from off-site, it automatically syncs up with the “source” > drive. > > > > Anyway, I’m very happy to be rid of tape… > > > > Jeff > > > > *From:* Andrew S. 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