Re: [Fed-Talk] my Mac Pro is obsolete :(
Re: [Fed-Talk] my Mac Pro is obsolete :(
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] my Mac Pro is obsolete :(
- From: "Jason T. Bracy" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:25:13 -0400
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] my Mac Pro is obsolete :(
That's good to know. According to the ActiveSan website, only ActiveRAID is
certified... Though they do say that other storage may work...
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Jason T. Bracy | SAIC
Systems Administrator | SAIC Creative
email@hidden | saic.com
> From: Jeff Plum <email@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:03:00 -0400
> To: Jason Bracy <email@hidden>
> Cc: Roy Mendelssohn <email@hidden>, "email@hidden"
> <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] my Mac Pro is obsolete :(
>
> Jason, we are using the Promise raids with ActiveSan. ActiveStorage installed
> the MDCs on our Xsan. The configuration with the ActiveSan and Promise Raids
> is a supported architecture. It was pretty close to a plug and play to
> install the ActiveSan MDCs. The ActiveSan price is better than buying a
> couple of servers and building the MDCs yourself.
>
> The benefit of the M330 is 12 Stornext licenses (for Windows and Linux), two
> servers and the MetaData RAID. The ActiveSan is two servers and two licenses.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 11, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Jason T. Bracy wrote:
>
>> $25,000 for the MDC, plus $45,000 to replace our 80TB of storage since only
>> their RAIDs are qualified... I'd have more luck getting a Quantum M330 for
>> $60,000 approved since I could still use our Promise RAIDs (and that
>> likelihood is about 0%) - and Quantum is a known entity here, Active is not.
>>
>> The Mac mini is definitely the cheapest solution and because they are cheap,
>> the lack of redundancy is mitigated by having 2 or more servers... (I could
>> get 20 for the price of the Active or Quantum solution!) I just hate that
>> our 4 year old servers are already obsolete with no upgrade path, since most
>> Enterprise customers are - I assume - on a 5 year or more replacement cycle
>> for Server class hardware.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Jason T. Bracy | SAIC
>> Systems Administrator | SAIC Creative
>> email@hidden | saic.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: Roy Mendelssohn <email@hidden>
>>> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:11:09 -0700
>>> To: Jason Bracy <email@hidden>
>>> Cc: Marvin Gibson <email@hidden>, Todd Heberlein
>>> <email@hidden>, "email@hidden"
>>> <email@hidden>
>>> Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] my Mac Pro is obsolete :(
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 11, 2012, at 9:04 AM, Bracy, Jason T. wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dropping the 2008 Xserve is what annoys me, as there is no replacement
>>>> path.
>>>
>>> http://getactivestorage.com/products.php
>>>
>>> -Roy
>>>
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