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anybody using NEXSAN ?
any users report for Nexsan ATAboy storage systems ?
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In article . rogers.com, Albert wrote:
any users report for Nexsan ATAboy storage systems ? They're pretty nice and seems to be decently designed. Support folks I've talked to really do know what they're talking about - even if going into nitty gritty low level details. They also seem reasonably responsive - same day or within one business day turnaround on email queries; if we needed help faster, we'd have called. We tested it under AIX (note: 1 TB LUN max size -- AIX limitation), Solaris, and Linux... ran out of time before we could try it with Windows 2000 but I hear it works just fine with Win2K. We were unable to get the Linux server (IBM xSeries 330) to see the array for some odd reason - may be HBA issue of some sort. No big deal... we'll get it working one way or another, but not critical as the other platforms. It's pretty fast... we actually maxed out the 40 MB/sec SCSI interface on the Solaris Netra t1 AC200 test system :-) Had to get a U160 HBA to properly see the array max out. I think we maxed out the 80 MB/sec SCSI HBA on the AIX box (pSeries 660 model 6H1) as well. We don't really use the web GUI... 100% serial interface for us because it fits in better with our administrative methods better. We tried all sorts of procedures -- normal and emergency and they seem to work exactly as advertised in the manual. Documentation (published manual and in PDF format) appears to be logical, complete, and readable. Creating a volume (LUN) is so ridiculously simple for either the serial or web GUI that a 3 year old could do it However, I did notice a few minor user interface design items that could be better improved so I sent in feedback to Nexsan about it. There are some vendors with similar products for just a bit cheaper, but we're happy with what the design and people for Nexsan gives us, and at that particular price point. It isn't a large price difference - seems reasonably competitive. We're looking to deploy these units (mostly ATAboy2 but we have one ATAbaby that just arrived) for various projects in-house *where appropriate*. They are not a good fit for all possible needs, but for many, they work out rather well. No relationship to Nexsan other than as a customer of their products. Anything in particular you'd like to know more about? -Dan |
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