Friday, March 16, 2012

Re: [BLUG] SAN (for Ubuntu 8.4 and 10.4) recommendation?

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 02:59:12PM GMT, Paul Purdom [pwp@cs.indiana.edu] said the following:
> I just had to remark that 10 TB being small seems funny to me, given the
> amount of memory I use to get by with.

Yes, however for a SAN that is small. Where I work we have SANS near
100TB. And we're on the low end compared to some very big companies.
There really is a lot of waste though. People don't know how to properly
manage their data.

I once calculated that at the rate we're going, by the time I'm 85
years old (2061). We'll be in the yottabyte of storage era. Of course
there are all kinds of obstacles to get there, but so where there in
getting to GBs and TBs.

http://suso.suso.org/xulu/A_Yottabyte_of_storage

110YB would approximately be enough to record the entire lifetime of
every person who has ever lived in HD.

--
Mark Krenz
Bloomington Linux Users Group
http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/

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Re: [BLUG] SAN (for Ubuntu 8.4 and 10.4) recommendation?

Josh Goodman wrote:
> Have you already dismissed a direct attached storage product? SANs are nice
> for the right situation, but they are very pricey. It might be overkill for a
> small lab type situation.
>
> I've heard good things about the Dell SANs, but I've never used them myself.

I would also consider NAS appliances. I've heard decent things about
QNAP products.
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Re: [BLUG] SAN (for Ubuntu 8.4 and 10.4) recommendation?

Have you already dismissed a direct attached storage product?  SANs are nice for the right situation, but they are very pricey.  It might be overkill for a small lab type situation.

I've heard good things about the Dell SANs, but I've never used them myself.

Josh

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Shei, Shing-Shong <shei@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
Hi,

Anyone in the group have any recommendation of a small scale SAN that
works well with Ubuntu (especially for 8.4 and 10.4)?  It's for a small
lab and the storage requirement is not high (probably between 5 to 10
TB?).  I'm seeking for 1) ease of installation/maintenance 2)
performance and 3) reliability.  I know it's vague but just a starting
point.

Thanks,
Shing-Shong Shei
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Re: [BLUG] SAN (for Ubuntu 8.4 and 10.4) recommendation?

Well, it's not too 'big' either given that nowadays you can buy a 4TB
HD! ; -)

On 03/16/2012 10:59 AM, Paul Purdom wrote:
> On 3/16/2012 9:47 AM, Shei, Shing-Shong wrote:
>> It's for a small lab and the storage requirement is not high (probably between 5 to 10TB?).
> I just had to remark that 10 TB being small seems funny to me, given the
> amount of memory I use to get by with.
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Re: [BLUG] SAN (for Ubuntu 8.4 and 10.4) recommendation?

On 3/16/2012 9:47 AM, Shei, Shing-Shong wrote:
> It's for a small
> lab and the storage requirement is not high (probably between 5 to 10
> TB?).
I just had to remark that 10 TB being small seems funny to me, given the
amount of memory I use to get by with.
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[BLUG] SAN (for Ubuntu 8.4 and 10.4) recommendation?

Hi,

Anyone in the group have any recommendation of a small scale SAN that
works well with Ubuntu (especially for 8.4 and 10.4)? It's for a small
lab and the storage requirement is not high (probably between 5 to 10
TB?). I'm seeking for 1) ease of installation/maintenance 2)
performance and 3) reliability. I know it's vague but just a starting
point.

Thanks,
Shing-Shong Shei
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