SAN storage practical list of options

[James Finstrom]

We have built an NAS appliance around open filer which is suppose to
do san stuff. I haven't played with it that deep but it may be worth
googling

On 4/17/09, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> well i have a large project, I need to create a "growable" store of
> data that is redundant as it will have archival media (audio and
> video). both will be HD quality media. so i am looking at a large pool
> fo data.
>
> i can build a NAS box that will last a while, but it will hit a
> terminal point of capacity. and it will be a single point of access so
> it will create access issues.
>
> So a SAN to distribute both load redundancy and allow for a growing
> capacity is kind of needed.
>
> and looking at most everything out there im leery of jumping on a hype
> bandwagon.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Alex Dean <alex at crackpot.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Apr 17, 2009, at 3:56 PM, Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> anyone here using a SAN and if so what are they using, maybe some of
>>> the points that sold you on it? or i fyou hate it why?
>>>
>>> it would be nic to have real world thoughts on it instead of all the
>>> markey speak...
>>
>> Could you elaborate on the requirements somewhat?  How do you balance the
>> goals of redundancy, performance, scalability, cost, etc?
>>
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