Hans Forbrich wrote:
> Daniel Morgan wrote:
>
>
>>Noons wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Connor McDonald apparently said,on my timestamp of 3/08/2004 10:15 PM:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Result: - They've halved the number of spindles
>>>>- They've not enough disk space
>>>>but hey...at least we've got a SAN
>>>
>>>
>>>Wait until the IT damager decides to go to a NAS
>>>because it's "better value"...
>>
>>The performance difference between SAN and NAS used to be of critical
>>importance. I am not seeing enough difference these days to justify
>>the huge difference in price. Is anyone having a different experience?
>>
>
>
> Is that NAS in general or NetApp in particular?
>
> /H
NetApp specifically because their 920 boxes can be configured to do
either or both. But even compared with EMC and Shark I just don't
see enough difference to equate with the cost.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Wed Aug 04 2004 - 22:58:49 CDT
