[Craig Wolf]

Alex, I was doing some googling and came across this.

https://www.enhance-tech.com/products/diskarrays/R8MS.html#Tab1

Looks like it is very similar to the S8. Could you tell me the difference? Also would love to know which controller you recommend.

Thank you so much. I think I am almost there!!!!

[Craig Wolf]

I’d love pricing. I am looking to buy ASAP and have a set budget. Alex, can I email you directly?

[Craig Wolf]

Sorry, should have been more detailed in my original post

Very familiar with FC on Macs and PCs, and iSCSI on PCs. Other than Drobos haven’t setup any iSCSI on Macs. Very interested in mini-sas.

Looking really for product recommendations.

Thans.

[Craig Wolf]

Stephen.

I don’t see the RS series in here.

https://www.proavio.com/products.html

Ultrastor, IS316JS, or Studiorack? Also, while not required, we would prefer rack mounted options. Thanks again.

And I appreciate the responses from everyone even though this isn’t creative/video focused. Much appreciated.

[Craig Wolf]

Stephen.

Yes, exactly our thoughts. Initially we were going to replace the xServe RAID with a promise vtrak, buy a 4Gbs HBA, and keep the xServe RAID installed on the 2Gbs card for backup.

I will visit your site now. The 8 drive array might be what we are looking for. If just based on hooking up to one server, what would be your recommendation (knowing either way we’ll need a card to hook up to it with) … iSCSI, FC, or SAS?

Thanks again.

[Craig Wolf]

Alex.

Thanks for the responses. Sorry, I should have mentioned that yes, the xServe will be sharing the storage out via 2 bonded Gb ethernet ports.

We don’t really care how it is connected…iscsi, FC, mini-SAS, or whatever. Just has to be at least as fast as the current system.

I think I am not going to go the Drobo route. It just hasn’t been fast enough in our tests. But I am really interested in the SAS approach. Is there a turn key solution? I have never used nor researched the SAS solution, but that sounds like it would work.