Re: [Fed-Talk] my Mac Pro is obsolete :(
Re: [Fed-Talk] my Mac Pro is obsolete :(
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] my Mac Pro is obsolete :(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: Roy Mendelssohn <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:33:27 -0700
BTW- I was neither endorsing nor not endorsing Active Storage (though we do have a number of their RAIDS and have been happy with them). The only point is that there is an upgrade path even though the Xserve and XRaids have been phased out. But otherwise, as always YMMV.
-Roy
On Jul 11, 2012, at 12:25 PM, Jason T. Bracy wrote:
> 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
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>> 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 Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] my Mac Pro is obsolete :(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
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>> 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.
>>>
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>>>
>>> Jason T. Bracy | SAIC
>>> Systems Administrator | SAIC Creative
>>> email@hidden | saic.com
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>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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