<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8">
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.16.0">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
Paul,<BR>
<BR>
Thanks for the advice and the link you provided. The inquirer url shows the exact device we have been quoted on, the given price includes 1 x 100GB and 6 x 750GB Seagate SATA Drives. At the moment we are undecided on the SAN VS NAS, what is your opinion on both considering we want to run virtual machines on them. Also if we went for the "Intel Storage Creek 2" what OS flavor would you recommend?<BR>
<BR>
Mark.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 08:33 +0800, Paul Antoine wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>
<PRE>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Mark,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Do you need a SAN or a NAS?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">The info I have seems to indicate that you could run Linux on the Intel </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">box if you wished as it's really just a server with lots of drive bays </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">at the front :-)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Does the $10,000 include any drives? Is it the version with the RAID </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">controller?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Here's a link to the release from the Inquirer:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/04/16/intel-updates-storage-offerings">http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/04/16/intel-updates-storage-offerings</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hope this helps,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">P.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">BTW: I pointed my friend Casper at the Drobo, which runs Linux. They </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">are apparently producing an gigabit ethernet version to compliment the </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">current USB2.0 version which has had good reviews. Casper contacted </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Drobo about an Australian distributor - they said they're working on a </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">240v version to satisfy global requirements. <A HREF="http://www.drobo.com">http://www.drobo.com</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Silly American companies often save a few $$s by putting in a 110v only </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">switchmode PSU... always bites them in the bum by delaying time to </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">market elsewhere in the world.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Mark Slatem wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Hey all, I have been tasked with finding some sort of storage solution </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> that will be going into a rack. The primary use will be to host virtual </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> machines and automate backups from other servers in the racks. I would </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> like to go with something that does not break the bank, as we are a </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> small outfit with a budget to match.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I have been given a quote from for a Intel Storage Server "McKay Creek", </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> for around $10 000 but was horrified to see that its OS is gasp!.... </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> wait for it "Windows Server 2003 Std". I cringed in horror when I saw </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> this, as there is just no way that I am going to trust vital data to </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> a storage server running "Windows", and I can't understand why they </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> would choose to bundle this device as they have.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Can anyone recommend a Linux based storage SAN device that would meet my </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> requirements, or put forth experience in using one.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> ------------------------------------------------------------------------</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> _______________________________________________</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> PLUG discussion list: <A HREF="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> <A HREF="http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug">http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Committee e-mail: <A HREF="mailto:committee@plug.linux.org.au">committee@plug.linux.org.au</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">_______________________________________________</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">PLUG discussion list: <A HREF="mailto:plug@plug.org.au">plug@plug.org.au</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug">http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Committee e-mail: <A HREF="mailto:committee@plug.linux.org.au">committee@plug.linux.org.au</A></FONT>
</PRE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD>
<IMG SRC="cid:1193359379.23059.60.camel@marktrent-desktop" ALIGN="bottom" BORDER="0">
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>