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More storage!
Hi, Folks –
I’m looking to increase our storage pool, but don’t want to pay the big bucks to expand our legacy EMC box. I need between 12 and 16TB, 2gb fibre channel to leverage our existing infrastructure, decent set of management tools. We’re running MetaSan as management software. I’m considering the G-Tech Gspeed XL series, but was wondering what folks out there were using? Thanks in advance.
Mike Chapman
Senior Editor/Associate Producer
DigiNovations, Inc -
4 Replies
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Hey Mike, depends on what your needs are, but last year we moved our SANs to new XRAID units made by Active Storage and have been very happy with them.
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hey mike
if you want to keep your 2Gb setup, maybe consider getting an old Xserve RAID. they’re selling for pretty cheap.
this is for the more adventurous, but you could also swap the Apple drives out for bigger SATA drives. they use old IDE connectors, but you can get conversion chips to change them to SATA. the RAID management software won’t work as well since you’re swapping the drives for non-Apple firmware units. but it should still work. my old facility has Xserve RAIDs and I was going to go this route before i left. all the research i did indicated it would work, but obviously, test it yourself first. also, get some extra parts too, since these RAIDs are getting older now.
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Eric Hansen – http://www.erichansen.tv
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If you want old XServe RAID’s, I know who has them (with some flakey drives), but they will go cheap.
Otherwise, if you are using Fibre, Active Storage is the way to go.
Bob Zelin
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Mike, There are several ways you can go with this, depending on how much storage you need,and your actual applications. Maxx Digital offers some great, cost effective solutions, along with superb tech support.If you would like to get more information you can contact me at johng@maxxdigital.com
All the best,
John Gyldstrand
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