[windows2000] Re: OT:SAN justification
- From: "Tony Lyne" <Tony.Lyne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:47:49 +1300
Yeah the technology isnt cheap if starting from scratch. But the winner this
particular client saw was the ability of growth long term without having to
ripout server infrastructure. Also capacity planning was easier.
He was using the traditional DAS solutions that most sites use. But found he
had lots of unused diskspace across his server infrastructure. And with his
pending migration project now was a good time to migrate to a SAN. We just
added in fiber HBA's into his existing servers and move the data to the SAN.
Not sure if server leasing is big where you are but over here its common, so it
works in well with his leasing plan.
Tony
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Reese [mailto:gareese@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thu 18/11/2004 9:28 a.m.
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: [windows2000] Re: OT:SAN justification
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.
>
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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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