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 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 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? >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Sent from my mobile device James Finstrom Rhino Equipment Corp. http://rhinoequipment.com ~ http://postug.com Phone: 1-877-RHINO-T1 ~ FAX: +1 (480) 961-1826 Twitter: http://twitter.com/rhinoequipment IP: guest@asterisk.rhinoequipment.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss