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Any forums out there about SAN's ?.
I was wondering if anyone here knows of a forum/bbs where people discuss
SAN's ?. I'm having trouble finding info on this subject, specifically about EMC hardware. Thanks. Clive. |
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On 2004-12-14, Fatboy40 no wrote:
I was wondering if anyone here knows of a forum/bbs where people discuss SAN's ?. I'm having trouble finding info on this subject, specifically about EMC hardware. Thanks. Clive. I have been considering starting one up actually... something that is independent, and free... and not run by some big publishing group etc.. something more like arstechnica than searchstorage.com or byteandswitch.com Wanna help be a moderator? dxhATyahooREMOVETHISSTUFFDOTcom |
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The only forums about this sort of stuff that I'm aware of are on TekTips.
I've visited it a couple of times and there have been a couple of useful postings. Anything I can help you with specifically?. I work with EMC hardware/software. Brian. "Fatboy40" no one here, sorry wrote in message ... I was wondering if anyone here knows of a forum/bbs where people discuss SAN's ?. I'm having trouble finding info on this subject, specifically about EMC hardware. Thanks. Clive. |
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Drink and Oracle, thanks for the offers
I'm just really researching things at the moment. I'm moving the law firm that I work at to Exchange 2003 next year from our current e-mail system and could probably include a SAN for it in the budget. At the moment I trying to find out as much info as I can as I've never setup a SAN before, it seems quite straight forward really as long as you buy hardware that's compatible with one another. So far it either an EMC or HP SAN however we use Dell servers and it seems to be impossible to find info on using HP kit with Dell servers. I suppose it's just a case of buying the right hardware e.g. HP disk array/McData switches/Qlogic HBA's for example. I'd like to use EMC hardware as everyone I know who uses it says it's easily the best however I do have to consider the price (I could save money going for a SATA SAN but there's no way I'd reccomend that solution to any serious business). Clive. "oracle" wrote in message . .. The only forums about this sort of stuff that I'm aware of are on TekTips. I've visited it a couple of times and there have been a couple of useful postings. Anything I can help you with specifically?. I work with EMC hardware/software. Brian. "Fatboy40" no one here, sorry wrote in message ... I was wondering if anyone here knows of a forum/bbs where people discuss SAN's ?. I'm having trouble finding info on this subject, specifically about EMC hardware. Thanks. Clive. |
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You should think about using refurbished equipment for your SAN it will
cut the cost by more than 70 percent, and still comes with all the same warranties as if it was brand new. Take a look at www.bltrading.com and if you see anything or have any questions just send me an email take care Joe Fatboy40 wrote: Drink and Oracle, thanks for the offers I'm just really researching things at the moment. I'm moving the law firm that I work at to Exchange 2003 next year from our current e-mail system and could probably include a SAN for it in the budget. At the moment I trying to find out as much info as I can as I've never setup a SAN before, it seems quite straight forward really as long as you buy hardware that's compatible with one another. So far it either an EMC or HP SAN however we use Dell servers and it seems to be impossible to find info on using HP kit with Dell servers. I suppose it's just a case of buying the right hardware e.g. HP disk array/McData switches/Qlogic HBA's for example. I'd like to use EMC hardware as everyone I know who uses it says it's easily the best however I do have to consider the price (I could save money going for a SATA SAN but there's no way I'd reccomend that solution to any serious business). Clive. "oracle" wrote in message . .. The only forums about this sort of stuff that I'm aware of are on TekTips. I've visited it a couple of times and there have been a couple of useful postings. Anything I can help you with specifically?. I work with EMC hardware/software. Brian. "Fatboy40" no one here, sorry wrote in message ... I was wondering if anyone here knows of a forum/bbs where people discuss SAN's ?. I'm having trouble finding info on this subject, specifically about EMC hardware. Thanks. Clive. |
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Joe,
I'm in the U.K. so I'm afraid you couldn't help. I didn't think about refurb kit however a quick search on Google returned only a couple of people in the UK who do this and the kit they sell is quite old EMC stuff. "Cappy" wrote in message oups.com... You should think about using refurbished equipment for your SAN it will cut the cost by more than 70 percent, and still comes with all the same warranties as if it was brand new. Take a look at www.bltrading.com and if you see anything or have any questions just send me an email take care Joe |
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Hi we work with other companies in the UK so if want a price quote I
can get one for you just email me at jcaparrotta AT bltrading.com and and we will help you out. Fatboy40 wrote: Joe, I'm in the U.K. so I'm afraid you couldn't help. I didn't think about refurb kit however a quick search on Google returned only a couple of people in the UK who do this and the kit they sell is quite old EMC stuff. "Cappy" wrote in message oups.com... You should think about using refurbished equipment for your SAN it will cut the cost by more than 70 percent, and still comes with all the same warranties as if it was brand new. Take a look at www.bltrading.com and if you see anything or have any questions just send me an email take care Joe |
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"Fatboy40" no one here, sorry wrote in message
... Drink and Oracle, thanks for the offers I'm just really researching things at the moment. I'm moving the law firm that I work at to Exchange 2003 next year from our current e-mail system and could probably include a SAN for it in the budget. At the moment I trying to find out as much info as I can as I've never setup a SAN before, it seems quite straight forward really as long as you buy hardware that's compatible with one another. So far it either an EMC or HP SAN however we use Dell servers and it seems to be impossible to find info on using HP kit with Dell servers. I suppose it's just a case of buying the right hardware e.g. HP disk array/McData switches/Qlogic HBA's for example. I'd like to use EMC hardware as everyone I know who uses it says it's easily the best however I do have to consider the price (I could save money going for a SATA SAN but there's no way I'd reccomend that solution to any serious business). ATA is tier-2 storage. That being said, and since we are on a beer budget, we have purchased a lot of ATA storage this last year and a half to be topped off with 30TB more by the end of the month. We chew up disk storage like crazy. They have more issues than fibre drives but since we have a good support contract we have had good results. We have just purchased and EMC CX700 w/ 30TB of ATA. We have been testing a CX500 for the last 3 months in our environment and found it fast and reliable. We lost one drive early on-not bad for a SAN that lives being beaten up 24x7. -- Wolf ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please post all responses to UseNet. All email cheerfully and automagically routed to Dave Null |
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In article ,
"Wolf" wrote: ATA is tier-2 storage. That being said, and since we are on a beer budget, Here we go again. |
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Wolf,
For the SAN newbie would you care to expand on this ?. I sense there's been a long running arguement in c.a.s over this "flux" wrote in message ... In article , "Wolf" wrote: ATA is tier-2 storage. That being said, and since we are on a beer budget, Here we go again. |
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