Yeah, my vote is for DAS. You have a simple network that doesn't have to be complex. A carpet company isn't some startup or tech company that will change radically in a short period of time. The only way things radically change there is if Shaw or Mohawk come knocking at the door...then you have different problems.
Bill Jeff Steward wrote: > I'm bored, I'll bite. > > Like others here, I'm not convinced you even need a SAN or even NAS. > You can probably make use of DAS. > > To even begin to make an attempt to give you more guidance we need: > > How many users will be hitting the file server. > What type of file i/o are we talking about? Have you benchmarked your > current performance? How much storage do you currently have and how > much do you think you will need to meet anticipated growth over the > next 24 to 36 months. > > If you move to providing in-house Exchange, how many users will you be > hosting? How many are heavy duty users versus light duty? > > That's a start, answers to those questions will help us help you further. > > -Jeff Steward > > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:16 AM, John Aldrich > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Ok, guys. I'm trying to narrow down my many choices with regards > to our > on-going search for a SAN manufacturer. I'd like your thoughts on > the whole > question of adding more intelligence vs just adding more disks. > i.e. the EQ > vs LeftHand models. > > I can see arguments to be made for both models. I'll tell you that, > initially, the SAN is going to be a glorified file server, > however, we plan > on hosting our email data store on the SAN when we bring email > in-house > later on. I've already verified with the email vendor that I hope > to use > that this is not a problem, so that's a non-issue. Other than > that, the only > database we would store on the SAN would possibly be the database > from our > Vipre install, although initially that would stay on the local > storage. > > So, I'd like to see some discussions of the benefits of just > adding a tray > of "dumb drives" or adding a complete controller along with the > drives (a la > LeftHand.) > > I just don't know enough about the benefits of each model to know > what would > work best for us. I'm hoping that you guys who are more > experienced would > give me the benefit of your knowledge. > > > > Thanks, > John Aldrich > IT Manager, > Blueridge Carpet > 706-276-2001, Ext. 2233 > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
