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SQL Server 2008 R2 Running on Dell Equallogic SAN

We are thinking of migrating our current SQL Server database to a Dell Equallogic SAN Storage box. Previously we have used locally attached storage in a RAID 10 configuration. Does anyone have experience running SQL on the Dell Equallogic and are there any pitfalls that I should be aware of?
I would very grateful for any response / insights / enlightening examples that you may be able to provide.

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mastoo

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Thanks mastoo, I will leave this open for awhile as I would like to gather as much feedback "from the field" as possible. However, just so you know, I will be, accepting this as a solution when I eventually close this question.

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No problem. The other thing that comes to mind was the level of expertise required. We're a small place without a dedicated storage person and EqualLogic seemed fairly easy to work with. We're two years into it and no complaints on ease of use.

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If it's just for performance you would be better off adding more disks in DAS enclosures plus good RAID controllers. There's no performance advantage in moving your disks further away from your CPU by separating them with iSCSI.

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I put logs and databases on separate volumes for manageability. It doesn't make a performance difference because everything goes back to the same set of physical spindles.