[windows2000] Re: OT:SAN justification
- From: Greg Reese <gareese@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:43:56 -0500
up to 6tb. $13k us gets you started with everyhting but the drives.
go to cdw.com and look up their item # 559593
We're a small operation here and this will be enoug for wha we need.
I am sure we will outgrow it eventually but something better will be
out by then.
Greg
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:31:06 -0500, Jeff Malczewski
<jmalczewski@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> How much storage space did they get to start with, what's the max capacity
> of that solution, and how much did the hardware cost (including drives,
> cages, cabling, and HBAs)?
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Lyne [mailto:Tony.Lyne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 3:08 PM
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT:SAN justification
>
> Just done an IBM Fast T200 SAN for a client recently.
>
> The best selling point for a SAN in my eyes is the ability to centralize and
> cope with data growth. Also if you go serverless backups your backup windows
> disappear completely.
>
> Classic example. This particular client was dropping his AS/400 and
> migrating all of the data to a pile of intel based SQL servers. The great
> thing the IT manager loved about the SAN concept in this case is that he
> could just add in a disks as required and allocate data to the servers and
> services that needed it. No major downtime and reconfiguration required.
>
> All of his messaging and SQL/Oracle boxes are now running on a SAN.
> Backup times have improved, performance has increased, and data is more
> manageable.
>
> How does that sound.
>
> Tony Lyne
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joanne Determann [mailto:joanne.determann@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, 18 November 2004 2:36 a.m.
> To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT:SAN justification
>
> I have a really great quote on an IBM TB SAN. This afternoon I have a
> meeting with my boss to justify the purchase. Can you guys give me some
> intelligent sounding buzz words for writing up my AR?
>
> I know it big and fiber channel is fast and our file storage servers
> are getting long in the tooth ( and out of warrenty). Help me sound
> smart, but not too over the head of my non tech IT manager. Thanks,
> Joanne
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