Comments for Evaluating new storage at http://www.storagemonkeys.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.storagemonkeys.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:08:55 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.storagemonkeys.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=evaluating-new-storage.html&Itemid=136#comment-132 For storage requirement gathering, I would want to know what the capacity of your existing and new box is/will be, and any raid requirements. - Manny Antunes Fri, 26 Jun 2009 06:56:26 +0100 http://www.storagemonkeys.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=evaluating-new-storage.html&Itemid=136#comment-90 The current implementation will be to replace a CX3-40 in a secondary DC. For now the only thing that will be on the disk is VMWare, SQL (Test / DR) and Exchange (Test / DR). By next year, we will want to add CIFS, replication, etc... as well as expand capacity. - Dave Treamer Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:27:56 +0100 http://www.storagemonkeys.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=evaluating-new-storage.html&Itemid=136#comment-87 You need a little more detail about how you will be using the storage, applications, etc. - Jan Polking Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:16:25 +0100 http://www.storagemonkeys.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=evaluating-new-storage.html&Itemid=136#comment-80 I was an IT Director for the past 12 years before joining Dell. The main reason I came was because of my experience with the Equallogic product before Dell bought them. I had used some other storage in the past and was amazed at how much easier EQL was. I have no problem explaining more about the product and explaining what I have learned about other storage platforms. Maybe this will help you decide on what is best for you. I also can offer up some perfmon collection so you can see if you are a good candidate for fibre or if you can save a ton of $ and go with iSCSI. Do not discount this protocal. I am seeing huge benefits and performance from it. Feel free to ask me any questions. Yes I work at Dell but, I will help answer questions to better educate you on storage in general. - Scott Eveler Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:21:34 +0100