Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3996 mails)

["Matt T. Duval" <mduval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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. 

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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Matt Duval
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