External Storage Options

Deathwish · 2 Jun 2008 at 18:35

With HP having switched to 2.5" drives for most if not all of the ProLiant server range I have come across a small problemo. Requirement for a server with lots of storage, only problem is that it needs to be a tower server (No space for a rack).

ML 370 would fit the bill but even if you load it up with 16x 146Gb SAS disks, that's not a lot of space. What I would ideally like is an external tower StorageArray (MSA).

Anyone have any tips on how I can overcome this, or advice?

Cheers

Deathwish · 2 Jun 2008 at 19:20

It's for extra storage at a School (They have an ML350). Rack is never going to be an option as there is barely space for a server!

Deathwish · 3 Jun 2008 at 20:46

Heh, cups o tea indeed!

Thanks for the ideas guys, have a look into SME NAS devices.

Deathwish · 4 Jun 2008 at 18:23

Support is a must really in our environment. When you are supporting many varieties of equipment and platforms it is necessary to have someone to call on, especially for hardware failures which in some cases need 4 hour response times

Deathwish · 6 Jun 2008 at 23:35

That StoreVault S300 looks like a nice bit of kit. If not for this project, im sure it would fit somewhere else

Origin: Yep, I am aware of the ML370, just putting 6 of them in with the second drive cage (arriving on tuesday, woot!).

SATA is good for less mission critical stuff, can you extend the warranty on them like other HP kit?

Deathwish · 10 Jun 2008 at 21:50

Update on this.

ML350 G5 is available in 3.5 LFF disk configuration according to my reseller, so you can put 6 LFF SAS/SATA disks in there.

Deathwish · 11 Jun 2008 at 18:47

I would say the E200 is a minimum, like the P400 myself although the P800s that I have just put in an ML370 are nice

300Gb SAS would be enough room I would hope! Although to be honest SATA in this situation wouldn't be a problem (Primary School, backed up each night).

Computacenter was the reseller for this.