Well when you graduate to the real world and get to use equipment made in the same year that you bought it you will see that $12K for 4TB in a self contained appliance is a deal. But I'm sure your busy working with some dual 500 MHZ dell box from 1998. NIC for 99 cents http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0149773 after rebate and a quick look on pricewatch show a bunch at 3 bucks. Not a consultant, I just work with large systems and have SLA of 99.999 uptime. On Thu, 2004-09-16 at 10:53, Michael W Cocke wrote:
On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:51:31 -0600, you wrote:
I thought we were talking storage not replacing NIC cards. NICs are .99 cents at the local computer store here, so yes a retool of a NETWORK should be cheap. $12K for 4 TB w/ dual controllers and 2GB cache is CHEAP. My IBM shark (ESS) runs about $35K per TB added (Thats is USED storage new is almost $50K) with a $650K initial price tag. My SAN director (big switch) was $96K by itself. So you see $12K is a friggin bargain.
12K is a bargain? You must be a consultant. and .99 for a 100baseT nic? Sure thing...
Having demonstrated that you don't know anything about computers in the real business world, I've got other things to do with my time.
Mike-
On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 17:26, Michael W Cocke wrote:
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:30:25 -0600, you wrote:
I guess I'm spoiled then cause I use SAN's. NAS or DAS would work too. I haven't tried to stuff disks into a chassis in a long time. 4TB RAW with dual controllers, each with 1GB cache, 2GB FC SAN connection = $12K, so I do not see why you would even try.
12K and you don't see why I don't try? Must be nice not to have to watch the budget. My clients tend toward small manufacturing companies. If I spent that kind of money on 1 server, I wouldn't have many clients. The last time I rebuilt a whole LAN (changing all 40+ systems from 10base2 to 100baseT, cables & switches and 2 new servers) I didn't spend that much. My people hire me because they can't afford to keep I.T. staff on the payroll - they sure don't have 12K to throw around on that kind of thing.
Mike-
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