Gardinho

Synology every time for me too. I have the DS414, it's awesome.

Benchmark tests in various reputable hardware and IT organisations wouldn't agree with you there. We haven't 'had' to buy them. We could easily have upscaled the original device (something you can't do with a SAS) and kept them but it wouldn't be good practice to keep a 10 year old device as the main datastore when we can upgrade the system periodically with allocated funds. It's better to add technology into the network gradually rather than waiting for it to die and then replace it, minimising downtime and streamlining the installation of new equipment. Any network grows exponentially with demand, users, devices, technology, so if we didn't buy the SANs we would have had to have bought something else. Storage demand has exploded as the internet has improved and the demand for video editing and stuff like that. A network of 10 years ago is very different to one of 2017.

The fact that you can't upscale the SAS without doing the whole disk array is an issue. Performance is much better on the SAN, heck, it's even better on a modern NAS than a SAS, especially if it is your datastore for VMs and you need high throughput. I can understand your logic , but the only reason I'd go with an inferior device is if that's all we could afford. Why would a millionaire buy a Bentley if they could buy a brand new Ford Mondeo at a quarter of the price? They can both do the same job, just to different standards. It's a fact of life that you get what you pay for. For the most important piece of hardware on our network I would rather spend a bit extra. We have been running SANs for 10 years and my experience with them has been first class. Our IBM SAN was £7k 10 years ago. £700 per year is pretty good value if you ask me.

We actually have 3 SANs. The original IBM SAN is 10 years old now and still working well. We could easily do without it now but as it works perfectly without missing a beat we can easily find a use for it, even for something low on the priority list. We still buy in SAN support for it so all parts are covered anyway for a nominal fee, £250 per year. Our storage is split and replicated between 2 file server VMs on separate hosts using DFS. I'm pretty happy with the level of protection we have. To be honest I think it would be poor management on my part if we were ever in a position to have to do a complete hardware refresh. The boss would go bezerk if I went to him one year and asked to replace a load of things in one go. We have a rolling programme so we know what we will be adding over the next 3 - 5 years. As we scale up we just add what we need and decommission the oldest bit of kit as it is coming to end of life. Managing the budget accordingly has allowed us to plan carefully all of the large expenditures for the next 5 years. Everyone has their own way of working and it's not one size fits all. My attitude to it is that we are talking about the foundation of the whole network, so I'd rather not do it on the cheap if the budget allows me to put in the best kit. If you have an enterprise sized network then really I think you should be using enterprise quality hardware. All this obviously depends on budget, size of network, control over resources, loads of things.

Actually as I said all of the components in the SAN are duplicated to avoid that. If the network or an external cable fails then those would be the point of failure, not the SAN.

Not according to IBM. "A SAN Volume Controller clustered system has several features that can be used to deploy a high-availability storage system with no single point of failure." The SAN is specifically designed to avoid a single point of failure. Multiple disks, multiple network ports, multiple controllers, multiple power sources. All designed so that if one piece of hardware fails there is a layer of redundancy. Minus the natural disaster damage of course!

Surely a SAN with a single point of failure is not actually a SAN!? I thought all SANs don't have a single point of failure... We have been using SANs for years and I have to say that for us it has been worth the additional cost.

Is there enough golfers in Edugeek to arrange an official golf day??

Put your swing up and let's have a look

If you're swinging it good with the irons then perhaps the driver is not right for you. You are a tall man and I doubt very much that an 'off the shelf' club will be much good to you. Have you ever been custom fitted? I went to Celtic Manor to be fitted for my driver, they do look after you there. I played last night and didn't play too bad. I guess I'm just not enjoying the competitions at the moment. We have an A team game on Saturday so I need to keep going. Practising has recently felt more like a chore than a hobby!

Jeff - Is your ball starting left and slicing or starting right then slicing? Your ball flight will tell you everything. You do stand closed, then swing it along the lines of your feet, which is actually inside the target line. You come down on the same swing plane which will give you an in-to-out path through the ball. You will likely hit a push slice, or wrap your hands around it and hit a snap hook.

Care to post a link to your video for Edugeek Swing Analysis?????

I doubt I'd be much help to you at the moment. I've completely fallen out of love with the game!

Jeff - self diagnosis on Youtube!!!?? You should know better!!! Go and see a pro for proper advice.

What is the size of the WBEM cache? Check %windir%System32\Wbem\Repository You might need to rebuild the WMI Repository.