Sorry. I keep getting confused between the RA3000 and the MA6000. I
meant the latter, though both were suggested to me. I'm leaning toward
Fibre Channel in this if we can afford it.
--Rick
Kat wrote:
>
> ma3000?? I teach storageworks and tru64 and am not aware of an ma3000. Can
> you elaborate on where you found info on this?
>
> thanks
> Kathee
>
> At 10:52 AM 6/1/2001 -0400, you wrote:
> >As usual, thanks for the many helpful responses. I got answers from:
> >
> >"Haesaerts, Corinne" <Corinne.Haesaerts_at_compaq.com>
> >"Leonard, Nick" <NLeonard_at_poole-tr.swest.nhs.uk>
> >"Davis, Alan" <Davis_at_tessco.com>
> >Joe Fletcher <joe_at_meng.ucl.ac.uk>
> >Matthew Harris <harrism_at_celerent.com>
> >alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com
> >Graham Van Epps <gvanepps_at_compurex.com>
> >"Edward J. Branley" <ed_at_softadv.com>
> >
> >In general the suggestions were to go with a pair of DS20E's with either
> >an MA3000 or MA8000 storage cabinet. A couple of people also suggested
> >looking at StorageWorks DRM to 'mirror' two clusters to keep our
> >off-site cluster up-to-date. I wasn't familiar with DRM, but I'm looking
> >into it.
> >
> >Thanks again.
> >
> >--Rick Beebe
> >
> >-------- Original Message --------
> >Subject: Help me spend some money on a new cluster
> >Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 10:34:08 -0400
> >From: Rick Beebe <richard.beebe_at_yale.edu>
> >
> >Our current mail server is dual Alphaserver 1200's connected to two
> >HSZ70's in transparent failover mode with 24 9-gig drives in a BA370
> >rack. The whole thing is running as a TruCluster. Our current disaster
> >recover plan calls for a backup cluster and I need to spec it out. Our
> >current server has had some performance problems--primarily related to
> >disk I/O--so I'd like the new cluster to be faster and better and I'll
> >relegate the current machine to the backup/testing role.
> >
> >So help me spend some money here. What would you get? I won't say that
> >money is no object, but availability (hence the cluster) is the prime
> >criteria. Performance--especially disk--is number two and cost number
> >three.
> >
> >--
> >
> >_______________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Rick Beebe (203) 785-6416
> > Manager, Systems & Network Engineering FAX: (203) 785-3978
> > ITS-Med Production Services Richard.Beebe_at_yale.edu
> > Yale University School of Medicine
> > Suite 214, 100 Church Street South, New Haven, CT 06519
> >
> >_______________________________________________________________________
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