Hi all,

I am looking for an alternative NAS/NetApp solution. I am curious as to
what your experiences are, pro and con wise, with other platforms,
specifically Sun.

I am also curious about other suppliers.

So if anybody would want to share his/her eperience I'd be grateful.

- Remco

Le Wed, 01 Jun 2005 15:18:09 +0200, Remco a écrit*:

>
> I am looking for an alternative NAS/NetApp solution. I am curious as to
> what your experiences are, pro and con wise, with other platforms,
> specifically Sun.
>
> I am also curious about other suppliers.

Avoid windows storage server 2003 like the plague, because it's pure crap,
but I suppose you'd have guessed it
NetApp are fine on the high end, but their low end is crappy : PC hardware
with IDE drives with the NetApp premium, better go with a good PC server
hardware (like Supermicro) and install Solaris, Linux or BSD yourself...

--
Mais monsieur, voudriez-vous que je me l'écorchasse?
Barbey d'Aurevilly.

Emmanuel Florac wrote:
> Le Wed, 01 Jun 2005 15:18:09 +0200, Remco a écrit :
>
>
>>I am looking for an alternative NAS/NetApp solution. I am curious as to
>>what your experiences are, pro and con wise, with other platforms,
>>specifically Sun.
>>
>>I am also curious about other suppliers.
>
>
> Avoid windows storage server 2003 like the plague, because it's pure crap,
> but I suppose you'd have guessed it
> NetApp are fine on the high end, but their low end is crappy : PC hardware
> with IDE drives with the NetApp premium, better go with a good PC server
> hardware (like Supermicro) and install Solaris, Linux or BSD yourself...
>

I wouldn't touch any windows version with a ten foot pole...

Le Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:25:25 +0200, Remco a écrit*:

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> I wouldn't touch any windows version with a ten foot pole...

He he Be careful, because many vendors provides windows NAS I think
the choice is : buy a NetApp if you can afford a reasonnably high end
machine, or buy a serious PC server (like the supermicro machines) if you
want something cheap, and set up your favorite OS yourself.

--
entia non sont multiplicanda praeter necessitatem.
Guillaume d'Ockham.