SAN Device for Dell R610
I'm looking for recommendations for a SAN device. My main consideration is performance. I have 2 Dell R610 Servers that are virtualized (VMWare esxi), and this SAN will be used for shared storage. Here are some of the applications that I run on my VMs:
MS SQL Server 2008 (eventually would like to migrate to a MySQL cluster)
IIS
Tomcat
Apache
SmarterMail (will eventually be exchange)
Acitve Directory
VMWare Data Recovery
VMWare vCenter
I would like all of these applications to perform as they do today will local storage.
MS SQL Server 2008 (eventually would like to migrate to a MySQL cluster)
IIS
Tomcat
Apache
SmarterMail (will eventually be exchange)
Acitve Directory
VMWare Data Recovery
VMWare vCenter
I would like all of these applications to perform as they do today will local storage.
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I'm thinking < 5K, but I really have no frame of reference on SAN device pricing. Is 5K reasonable?
It's for production. It will run several websites and their databases.
It's for production. It will run several websites and their databases.
$5K is probably somewhat low unless you want to get a very low end model with SATA drives. The reason for high cost of SAN is due to more reliable/faster drives and redundant controllers.
How much do you value your data is the question you should ask. You can get an Iomega 4 drive NAS and connect via iSCSI LUNs and NFS (it's on the VMWare HCL) and similar systems for $5K but for a true production SAN you should look at something more robust such as a Dell Equalogic, Netapp, etc..
How much do you value your data is the question you should ask. You can get an Iomega 4 drive NAS and connect via iSCSI LUNs and NFS (it's on the VMWare HCL) and similar systems for $5K but for a true production SAN you should look at something more robust such as a Dell Equalogic, Netapp, etc..
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Leaning towards NetApp FAS2020...looks like they're around 8K. So what would be the recommended configuration here (iSCSi vs Fiber, # of ethernet ports if iSCSI, etc)? First time selecting or configuring SAN, so I'm a bit in the dark.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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if so what is it?
is this for lab, home use, office, production, mission crticial services in your business?