Storage, Storage, Storage

[tobiasclarity]

Hi All,

 

We are looking to buy an additional SAN to upgrade our existing HP P2000 G3 making this then our secondary storage. We are using VMWare at the moment also as a side note.

 

I just wondered what everyone is currently using and your thoughts. We have been looking at Nimble and Dell Equallogic. We are leaning more towards Nimble however would be great to hear other opinions before we hit the button.

 

Cheers all

[snagrat]

The new Fujitsu DX60 S4 is very impressive. Also some great pricing available at the moment being as it is a new model

[soapyfish]

We expanded our P2000G3 with a D2700 connected via 6GBps SAS this means that we can easily add the storage to our existing infrastructure, compatibility was assured. it was cheap

<6K with 25x 10K 600GB SAS drives.

[NB9457]

The new Fujitsu DX60 S4 is very impressive. Also some great pricing available at the moment being as it is a new model

From a quick Google, it seems like one of the cheapest SANs I've seen, especially from a big manufacturer, will be having a look into it!

[snagrat]

From a quick Google, it seems like one of the cheapest SANs I've seen, especially from a big manufacturer, will be having a look into it!

 

For exactly the same spec they beat Dell by over £2,500.

[NB9457]

For exactly the same spec they beat Dell by over £2,500.

 

Do you mind me asking how much you paid? I've seen the single controller 2x1Gb one for around £2000exVAT

[snagrat]

Do you mind me asking how much you paid? I've seen the single controller 2x1Gb one for around £2000exVAT

 

Circa £8500 for dual controller, 12x 1.8TB drives and a 5 year warranty.

 

PM me if you wanna know where from, I know the company got a bid price for it as they are a Fujitsu reseller

[Tefters]

Coraid, either buy prebuilt or make your own. AOE technology is pretty awesome in a VMware setup.

[Chris_]

We replaced our SAN with a Quantum QXS box from Stone Computers, it's got a mix of 10k SAS and SSD for fast cache. Happy with the performance so far. Had a quote from Nimble storage also but it was much more more expensive!