Thank you very much, Nicholas. Compellent looks particularly interesting... can anyone here comment on their experience with their equipment and support?
Dan On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Nicholas Tang <[email protected]> wrote: > I haven't used them, I'm a 3par fan (I'd recommend them, but they've got no > NAS features built-in), but I've heard good things about Compellant. Great > featureset, reasonable price. > > If you're looking lower cost, check out Nexenta - it's based on opensolaris > but with a bunch of commercially supported additional features. > > And no, we haven't used them either, but we're going to be trying them out > soon. ;) > > Nicholas > > On Jul 2, 2010 3:41 PM, "Dan Parsons" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm looking into replacing our aging EMC SAN installation with >> something else, and I thought I'd ping the list for suggestions. >> Basically I'm looking for, preferably, one box that can do NFS really >> well and also do fibre channel really well (mostly for ESX LUNs). I've >> used NetApp gear in the past for both these purposes to great success, >> and I'd happily try them again, but I suspect there might be some >> newer, more agile companies out there with competitive alternatives >> and better pricing. >> >> The management interface counts for a lot too: I hate EMC's with a >> fiery passion. Something web based is much, much better than a java >> app that only works well on Windows. >> >> Aside from excelling at NFS and fc, and being "officially supported" >> by VMware, Inc., flexibility in terms of being able to use both SATA >> and FC/SAS disks where I like is a good plus too. Easy storage >> expansion by adding more drive shelves is important. Enough >> controllers with sufficient horsepower such that they can be slammed >> by NFS but still serve up fibre channel without a hitch is important. >> In terms of capacity, I'd probably need around 16TB usable to start, >> and growing quickly from there. >> >> Cost is a consideration, but I should probably put this in >> perspective: I know how much top-tier stuff from NetApp and EMC costs, >> and I'm prepared to pay that, but if there's another company out there >> that is just as good or better for a bit less, then I should consider >> their products too. I'm not expecting 30TB for $8k or anything like >> that! But I don't want to spend money I don't have to just because I >> haven't heard of an alternative. >> >> So, any companies / products you can recommend along those lines, I'd >> love to hear about. Thanks! >> >> Dan >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ > _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
