Help for a SAN/NAS Noob? Basic concept question.
Or I think it is, anyway. My agency has grown to a user base of about 250 and we have seen some interesting problems over the last year. One of these problems has been disproportionate needs for file...
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Yes, what you are describing is SAN. NAS would be to replace the file servers. SAN is to back them with a central pool of resources. SAN is like a centralized, pooled set of hard drives. There is a...
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SAN is at the block level, so when you put NTFS on it, it isn't "like" NTFS, it actually is NTFS. SAN is literally just a big hard drive somewhere else.
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http://www.datamation.com/storage/do-you-really-need-a-san-1.html
View ArticleHelp for a SAN/NAS Noob? Basic concept question.
Comparing NAS and SAN on SMB IT Journal
View ArticleHelp for a SAN/NAS Noob? Basic concept question.
And I think this presentation helps to explain SAN quite a bit from SpiceWorld 2010 Open Storage.
View ArticleHelp for a SAN/NAS Noob? Basic concept question.
Thank you. I will review these materials. Are SANS flexible/easily expandable?
View ArticleHelp for a SAN/NAS Noob? Basic concept question.
If you can write a check, you can expand a SAN. :) Seriously, they are pretty easy to expand and very flexible. You can add space to a server or to the whole SAN array on the fly.
View ArticleHelp for a SAN/NAS Noob? Basic concept question.
Great article. Looks like I am considering the consolidated storage for the right reasons, but need to be careful regarding value and cost. Fun to be dreaming at budget time, though.
View ArticleHelp for a SAN/NAS Noob? Basic concept question.
Scott Alan Miller wrote:Comparing NAS and SAN on SMB IT Journal Another good one. Soaking it in.
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Thank you, gentlemen. These references have put it in terms that make sense to me.
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David6228 wrote: Thank you. I will review these materials. Are SANS flexible/easily expandable? That's completely unique to each SAN. Some easily, some it is super expensive, some aren't very...
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David6228 wrote: Great article. Looks like I am considering the consolidated storage for the right reasons, but need to be careful regarding value and cost. Fun to be dreaming at budget time, though....
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Scott Alan Miller wrote: David6228 wrote: Thank you. I will review these materials. Are SANS flexible/easily expandable? That's completely unique to each SAN. Some easily, some it is super expensive,...
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Scott Alan Miller wrote: David6228 wrote: Great article. Looks like I am considering the consolidated storage for the right reasons, but need to be careful regarding value and cost. Fun to be dreaming...
View ArticleHelp for a SAN/NAS Noob? Basic concept question.
I'll beat you to this one. I just found your remarks about the Drobo. Yep, Drobo is out.
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David6228 wrote: Scott Alan Miller wrote: David6228 wrote: Thank you. I will review these materials. Are SANS flexible/easily expandable? That's completely unique to each SAN. Some easily, some it is...
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David6228 wrote: I'll beat you to this one. I just found your remarks about the Drobo. Yep, Drobo is out. You did beat me! Drobo are nice, I have a B800i myself. You just have to be really careful...
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The decision to buy a storage appliance is usually about scaling up. And I don't mean scaling up what you connect to it. If you have a server stuffed with storage and share out the space with Windows...
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