[windows2000] Re: OT:SAN justification
- From: Greg Reese <gareese@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:28:21 -0500
We couldn't justify the IBM SAN here. We found a nice little starter
SAN from HP for a fraction of the cost. It's SCSI instead of fiber
channel but will serve our needs well enough.
it was a tough call to make because we are an all IBM shop.
Greg
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:08:24 +1300, Tony Lyne
<tony.lyne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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