I believe EQL has been providing storage tiering for a little awhile now. We didn't get into that level of testing during our proof of concept, but the consultant assisting with us with our VMWare POC had nothing but great things to say about the capability. I think the recent addition to that feature was support for SSDs.
Here's a decent write up: http://review.techworld.com/san/3244996/dell-equallogic-ps6010xvs-review/?getDynamicPage&print - Sean On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ~ 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
