What's the best SAN I can get for 6k$
1-2 TB of storage ?
NFS is a requirement.
Thanks.
Well, but NFS is NAS....are you wanting a blok storage array or a NAS array with NFS?
--Matt
Well, what i really want is a shared storage device with NFS because Foundation doesn't support iSCSI.
I want to be able to grow the storage in the future easyly by just adding some disks.
I want to be able to run 15-20 VM on it.
One day we might upgrade to Standar/Enterprise version, so it's for a long term situation.
SATA is fine because we don't havve IO intensive servers. Most servers are idle.
The only one is our SQL server but it is doing 20MB/sec read max now with onboard storage.
Hrmm - normally, then I would recommend the Sun Unified Storage boxes - they are really awesome, but start at 10K.
Do you need it to be on the HCL?
--Matt
It does not really need to be on the HCL but is prefered.
I can't beleive that there is no cheaper SAN/NAS out here around 6k$ with good performance that are listed on the HCL.
I'll have to double check tomorow but I beleive the version we got is the Acceleration kit and it support iSCSI.
But personally for simplicity i like NFS most.
The Overland Snap Server series might work for you.
I can also recommend just buying a regular x86 box and putting solaris 10 on it. While technically not supported, such a machine would be very close the supported config of a Sun x4500, and you get all the neat features of Solaris 10, ZFS, etc. for a really great cost (hardware cost only).
--Matt
Well, what i really want is a shared storage device with NFS because Foundation doesn't support iSCSI.
Foundation does support iSCSI (have a look at down around page 4)
That will open up devices such as the HP MSA 2012i starting around $5K (single controller), though when you buy disk its going to blow your budget more than likely...
Thanks for the tips.
This one looks like it will fit my budget. I'll try to call a rep.
Anything else to consider ?
For only 6K I would consider using one of the iSCSI Appliances!
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wich one?
The Dell MD3000i is the same type of device, but I believe it is a bit more expensive than the MSA 2012i; might be worth a call to Dell just to confirm.
As Duncan mentioned things like the Adaptec Snap Server appliance (720i/730i/750i) and Promise VTrak appliance (M310i/M610i) are out there around the $5K mark. LeftHand Networks Virtual SAN appliance are also out there (LeftHand is now part of HP) , though the list of "conditions" of using it in a supported fashion are kind of long (plus I don't think version 7 is even available) - has some details
Overall doing a bit of digging around @ in the "Storage" tab (do a search on iSCSI) will give you a good check of "is it supported"...
I've got 3 MD3000i iSCSI SAN boxes at my "other" job.
They work well, but are a little pricey.
I would have liked something else that had built-in hardware based replication.
I will say these have performed pretty well.
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Note that the Dell device does NOT support NFS as your originally requested.
--Matt
vTrak m310i, this might be the one i'll buy. It's tempting since the price is cheap, but I can't find any review out there.
Anyone using the vtrak m310i in production ?
See this thread
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You might also want to consider IBM's DS3300 iSCSI SAN Solution starting at around $5k USD.
If you would like to learn about more, I can schedule someone to talk with you if you are located in the US or Canada since I work for IBM.