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    Supermicro JBODs, single/dual expander, HBA

    Looking to build out some new storage (backup targets) using Supermicro JBOD enclosures. Couple questions: Single vs. Dual Expander - Supermicro's website has some conflicting info on dual expander and SATA drive support. In one spot they says the dual expander supports SAS2/3 and in...
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    Best 10GbE Switch on a Budget?

    Either route will get the job done. I would look at it from a throughput need standpoint and how you planned to load balance or team. Keep in mind load balancing of NFS requires multiple IP targets (just load balance teaming NIC's doesn't get it done). You have potential for 40GbE of...
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    Best 10GbE Switch on a Budget?

    I believe Brocade Virtual ADX and Vyatta router are the actual SDN software components. You still have the physical interfaces (switches) that are needed. Some companies have specific switches to work with their SDN software and some companies don't and will work with "anything". Not sure...
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    Best 10GbE Switch on a Budget?

    Are you a cloud computing provider? That's really where SDN's big play is at the current time. It makes a lot of sense for cloud providers because they need to be able to change their offering quickly, adapt to the trends, etc. Much easier to do when it's all in software vs. needing to do...
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    Always on VPN

    Another recommendation here for Juniper. A MAG2600 with 10 concurrent users would run about $2k for the hardware/license, worst case. Can do it even cheaper depending on discount offered. Support/Maintenance w/NBD hardware replacement for about $300. Note that this is a dedicated SSL VPN...
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    Best 10GbE Switch on a Budget?

    Look at Arista
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    FS: AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3

    Have any better pictures that shows the scratches?
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    Which of ST2000NM0053, ST2000DM001 and RE4 2TB etc?

    Might want to check out the WD SE series. It's slots between the Seagate options you listed and the WD RE, and it has a much lower cost than the RE.
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    Looking for something to replace NetApp FAS2020A for VMware storage

    Look, all I'm saying is, there's nothing technologically wrong with Exchange data with VMware/NFS. It works, with no issues, at all sizes, with 100% functionality maintained (at least if we're talking NetApp as the back end). Being supported or not is unrelated to if it will work or not.
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    Looking for something to replace NetApp FAS2020A for VMware storage

    Are you saying this because your thinking of an active/active deployment where most disks on are Controller1 and Controller2 only has disks to run it's root volume? That's the only way I can see this statement making sense. I split my disks across my active/active controllers and the root vol...
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    Looking for something to replace NetApp FAS2020A for VMware storage

    My root vol on the 2020A sits on the main aggr and this was the original provisioning of aggr and vols as done by NetApp outsourced implementation services too. I would do the same on the 2240A. Dedicating 3 disks to just the root vol would be a massive waste of space and cash in my case since...
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    Generic HDD Support in HP Gen 8 Servers

    G8 drive carriers are different than prior generation servers, so you will need to make sure you buy G8 carriers and not G7 or earlier carriers as they won't fit properly. 3rd party drives work fine, although you may or may not get alerts about them.
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    Synology DS1512+ for a pure NAS

    I have a DS1512+ with 5x3TB configured for SHR with 2 drive redundancy (RAID6 essentially). Low noise, low heat, low power, powerful. Certainly not as cheap as what you could do with custom building something but it's the "it just works" model. You can even expand it with external add-on...
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    Looking for something to replace NetApp FAS2020A for VMware storage

    The purchase of a FAS2020 was ultimately ill-advised. I was the one who made the purchase but I relied heavily on the specialists at CDW and they assured me it was adequate for my needs. I've come to learn since then over the past few years that this the 2000 series was an area NetApp would...
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    Looking for something to replace NetApp FAS2020A for VMware storage

    Yes to HA config, well aware of the space hit with NetApp. That's where they swoop in and tell you "we have de-dupe so you will gain it back, no problem". Well, I have de-dupe on the 2020A (12x450GB) and I only see about 400GB worth of de-dupe, so I'm not getting all of the space penalty back...
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