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$20,000 SAN budget - not sure which to choose.
What's the best SAN solution I can get for $20K?
Planned uses include storage for student data (we are a school district) VMware server virtualization (store virtual machines here for failover) Email Archiving Possible Electronic document storage I realize my knowledge is limited and that I am over simplifying this but I would appreciate hearing opinions from others: I received the following quotes from Dell & EMC: Dell -EMC AX150i Uses only SATA II drives (up to 12) Interface: iSCSI or FC Dual storage processors Scalability: Single enclosure only (does not scale) Price: $13,000 with (3) 500GB SATA drives Total cost: $13,000 Pros: Cheaper iSCSI interface no expensive FC hardware needed Cons: SATA drives (not as reliable as SCSI) slower 1GB iSCSI connection Gateway Computer - Xyratex E5402E AKA Gateway E-842R Uses up to 146GB SAS 15K RPM drives and/or SATA II drives (up to 12) Interface: Dual 4GB FC interfaces (no iSCSI support) Scalability: Can be daisy chained with multiple enclosures Price: $13,000 with (9) 146GB 15K SAS drives and (3) 500GB SATA II drives Additional Cost: $3,600 for Brocade Fabric switch (will need 2 of these for redundancy) Additianal Cost: FC HBA's $2,000 Total Cost: $19,000 Pros:Mature FC technology, can mix fast reliable SAS with cheap high capacity SATA II drives Cons:Cost, possible learning curve with FC Thank You Ned |
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