new SAN setup questions – warning – long post!

[Timor Kardum]

i just noticed the link to the netgear switch was german, sorry.
here comes the english link:

https://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/SmartSwitches/GS748TS.aspx

thanks,

timor

– http://www.omgraphix.de –

[Bernard Lamborelle]

Hello Timor,

Good to hear you

[Timor Kardum]

hi bernard,

thanks for your reply.

we are located in berlin, germany.

glad to hear you think raid 5 is a good option. if we can afford it we will definitely buy another fibrenetix and stripe them (maybe even with tiger new “poolIT”?). a second switch as failover would be definately nice too…

we are just about to order another two licences of metasan (+ 2 atto

[Bernard Lamborelle]

Glad you found out about poolIt. We’re really excited to be demoing it at IBC. poolIt is really designed to help you manage and grow your storage resources. You shouldn’t expect poolIt to improve performances as it doesn’t “stripe” volumes together. Files gets stored on one of the volume based on runtime strategies. An example of a runtime strategy would be “store content on volume x, y or z based on file type”…

BTW There is no problem creating separate partitions using different LUNs. This cross-platform limitation only applies to breaking a *single* LUN into two partitions… If you want to create separate partitions for your Avid and FCP, you only need to create two (or more) LUNs in your storage. That’s it. BTW We always recommend professional integration. Getting the SAN up and running is fairly easy (especially with MetaSAN) until you find yourself facing performance and/or reliability issues for which you don’t know where to look for (storage, switch, LAN, etc.). This is why hiring a professional can actually save you money.

Cheers,

Bernard