Yes, I got an EMC pitch before I stepped into an EqualLogic. On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Anders Blomgren <[email protected]>wrote:
> That behind that admitedly much improved gui the celerra is a complex > beast. > > That quite a few more complex system changes require an EMC Technitian. > > That being said, I do like our Celerra. And probably wont get another one > when our current one needs replacing. The celerra is clariion storage and a > file serving box which is unnecessarily complex for our needs. I'll probably > increase the storage for our vsphere cluster and stand up a windows vm. > > So it all depends on your actual needs, i.e. number of vsphere hosts and > nas clients. > > Probably more than you asked for but i get the feeling that EMC is > targeting smb's with a product that they don't always have the resources to > manage. > > -Anders > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 18 nov 2010, at 23:45, "[email protected]" < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I know there are many vendors and ways to skin the SAN gopher but I’m > leaning towards this basic system as it meets our specs: > > > > EMC NS-120 10GB/s Celerra System > > Dual Data Movers > > Dual SPS > > NFS > > CIFS > > > > Seems they’re offering a pretty good price. > > > > I’m looking to virtualize with VMWare VSphere and think this SAN backend > will meet our needs. > > > > My question is, does anyone have any experience with EMC Celerra systems or > EMC in general? > Would I be making a big mistake going with EMC or the Celerra from a > support or stability perspective? > > > > Being new to SAN’s I don’t have a lot of experience so are there any > gotcha’s I should be looking for? Any pieces of info EMC sales guys > frequent forget to offer up? > > > > Please feel free to render any advice one way or the other. > > > > Thanks > > > > Jim > > > > ~ 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 > > ~ 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 > ~ 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
