SUMMARY: StorEdge 3310

Thanks to: John Westerdale, <jwesterdale@HOWOST.com>
           Kevin Raber <ktr@mtu.edu>
           Tim Chipman <chipman@ecopiabio.com>
           joe.fletcher@btconnect.com
           Grzegorz Bakalarski <G.Bakalarski@icm.edu.pl>
           Ric Anderson <ric@Opus1.COM>

Three replies recommended the 3310.  One did mention the management
interface lacks features and usefulness and even experienced a volume
halting (requiring single user mode to remount!) due to remote network
scans of the network mgmt interface, which is now disconnected and the
serial one used.

Two replies said they were overpriced for what you get (specifically
performance-wise), recommending the JetStor III as a good alternative.
Other possibilities were Nexsan ATABoy2, HP Storageworks, and Western
Scientific Tornado F3 RAID.

Personally, the JetStor III U160 16-bay RAID looks like a viable
alternative that I will investigate before purchasing... thanks for
this tip.  The ATA/IDE stuff makes me cringe (I'm young, but still
old-school!) even if for just being pounded on reads.  If others have
feedback on this, I'd be interested.

Thanks again,
dpk

----- Original Message -----

From: dpk@egr.msu.edu
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 12:48:15 -0500
To: sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org
Subject: StorEdge 3310
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We are looking to purchase a couple StorEdge 3310 arrays for use in a
hardware RAID 5 configuration.  I'm looking for comments and
experiences with them, i.e. is the management interface useful? what
about reporting (automated/mail/etc)? performance. rebuild/failure
handling?  limitations of its pratical use that I should consider?
and overall reliability and thoughts.

The storage this will be replacing is software based RAID using
DiskSuite.  We are happy with this setup and performance is not a key
factor since most of the filesystems are read-only anyway.  We are
leary of switching to hardware RAID and locking us into management
software that lacks in support and features (finding this with the
A1000s)

Any insight is appreciated.

Thanks,
dpk
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