SUMMARY: StorEdge 3310

From: Dpk (dpk_at_egr.msu.edu)
Date: 11/12/03

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    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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