The Compellent SAN's have the same tech and it does work pretty well, most of our File server volumes have moved to SATA since they haven't gotten touched in months. It saved us tons of Fiber Space, Not sure how all the other vendors implement it but the Tech does work
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 1:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: First Steps into the SAN Arena On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Sean Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > EQL on the other hand inclues a lot of built-in functionality like > snapshots, array-to-array replications, etc. without charging more. I > hear they will soon (or maybe have already) provide CIFS/NFS but that > will require an additional array. I also hear that Dedupe and > Compression are coming. Sat through an EQL sales pitch earlier this week (they paid for lunch in return, which is why I went). One thing he said was they have or will soon have hierarchical storage, so the busiest blocks get stored on SSDs, the next busiest on SAS, and the least used on SATA, and automagically migrate blocks as demand changes. Standard sales guy disclaimer applies, i.e., his lips were moving, so he was probabbly lying. -- Ben ~ 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 _________________________________________________________ This e-mail, including attachments, contains information that is confidential and may be protected by attorney/client or other privileges. This e-mail, including attachments, constitutes non-public information intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this e-mail, including attachments, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify me by e-mail reply and delete the original message and any attachments from your system. _________________________________________________________ ~ 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
