mimic

@pete I would recommend that you take a look at either Overland storage a NAS SnapScale DX2 appliance that can provide a mixture of SATA and SAS drives that will work with your current virtualised setup. There is also the option, bearing in mind that you would like a mixture of SSD, SAS and SATA drives, of looking at NetApp. Of course it depends on what kind of budget you have. Are you backing up to disk/tape, any replication required and what DR you have at the present time?

@robjduk the DELL PowerEdge VRTX is great for hardware refresh as it converges servers, networking and software into a single optimised chassis and can have virtualisation embedded. It takes up little space and so frees up server room space as well as cutting energy costs.

@truebluesteve there are many options with a SAN but if you're looking to replace it, you may want to look at exactly how your network is running and consider other options. Overland and Netapp are great for SAN but there are alternatives. If you are interested in options and quotes, pm me to discuss.

hi @ pantscat i work for Net-Ctrl and we provide storage solutions. If you pm me I can provide you with solution options and pricing guide.