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If you are referring to software RAID, I cannot condone.<br />
When you say EqualLogic is expiring is it leased? &nbsp;Or cloud?<br />
Please explain
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If you are referring to software RAID, I cannot condone.
When you say EqualLogic is expiring is it leased?  Or cloud?
Please explain

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Owned, maintenance will expire in a few months, called Dell asking if I can purchase EqualLogic drives when off support, they said NO.<br />
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Any suggestions ?
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Owned, maintenance will expire in a few months, called Dell asking if I can purchase EqualLogic drives when off support, they said NO.

Any suggestions ?

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Does anyone have complaints/suggestions/etc<wbr /> <br />
about &quot;&quot;windows server 2012 raid&quot; ?<br />
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Details<br />
&nbsp;1. currently have 24TB raw EqualLogic SAN with RAID-50 <br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;that will be expiring and renewal is TOO expensive<br />
&nbsp;2. might move to &quot;windows server 2012 raid&quot; instead<br />
&nbsp;3. want 14 days of block-level snapshot backups<br />
&nbsp;4. want nightly snapshot replication to offSite location
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Does anyone have complaints/suggestions/etc 
about ""windows server 2012 raid" ?

Details
 1. currently have 24TB raw EqualLogic SAN with RAID-50 
     that will be expiring and renewal is TOO expensive
 2. might move to "windows server 2012 raid" instead
 3. want 14 days of block-level snapshot backups
 4. want nightly snapshot replication to offSite location

SAN / RAID -- Windows Server 2012 ?

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

Servers are computing devices that are similar to desktop computers in that they have the same basic components, but are significantly different in size, configuration and purpose. Servers are usually accessed over a network, and many run unattended, without a computer monitor, input device, audio hardware or USB interfaces. Many servers do not have a graphical user interface (GUI), and are configured and managed remotely. Servers typically include hardware redundancy such as dual power supplies, RAID disk systems, and ECC memory, along with extensive pre-boot memory testing and verification. Critical components might be hot swappable, and to guard against overheating, servers might have more powerful fans or use water cooling.

Server Hardware

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks.

RAID is data storage technology that allows multiple drives to be used together as a single virtual drive for reasons such as fault tolerance, reliability and performance. 

There are several different levels of RAID that determine how the data is stored and the level of redundancy achieved across the drives.