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ttblum

2006-03-25, 10:01 am

Hi,

I am looking for a NAS solution.

Has anyone had experience with Hitachi WMS100 or AMS200s?

http://www.hds.com/products_service...odular_storage/

Thanks,

Todd

HVB

2006-03-27, 7:56 am

On 24 Mar 2006 13:03:27 -0800, "ttblum" <toddb@mbsnetinc.com> wrote:

> I am looking for a NAS solution.
>
> Has anyone had experience with Hitachi WMS100 or AMS200s?


Ummm... you know that these aren't NAS devices, right?

If you'd like to tell us what you're trying to do, someone will
probably be able to point you in the right direction.

HVB.
Rob Turk

2006-03-27, 7:56 am

"HVB" <hvbnntp@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> On 24 Mar 2006 13:03:27 -0800, "ttblum" <toddb@mbsnetinc.com> wrote:
>
>
> Ummm... you know that these aren't NAS devices, right?
>
> If you'd like to tell us what you're trying to do, someone will
> probably be able to point you in the right direction.
>
> HVB.


Uhmmm.. You know that HDS recently introduced NAS modules for their AMS/WMS
gear, right? CIFS and NFS for now, iSCSI appearently later in the year..

Rob


HVB

2006-03-27, 7:56 am

On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 17:28:55 +0100, "Rob Turk"
<_wipe_me_r.turk@chello.nl> wrote:

>"HVB" <hvbnntp@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> news:j6ra225aok7jehiv89fcndtssh04uv44r6@
4ax.com...
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>Uhmmm.. You know that HDS recently introduced NAS modules for their AMS/WMS
>gear, right? CIFS and NFS for now, iSCSI appearently later in the year..


Ah. Yes. Thanks for the correction Rob. I'd completely forgotten
about the NAS modules for these. My brain was having a day off. :D

I will say... NFS good, CIFS not so good. HDS want to move into the
NAS market and take on NetApp, with whom they used to partner, but I
think it'll be quite a while before they can offer a truly comparative
product.

HVB
ttblum

2006-03-31, 12:15 am

Thanks for the responses everyone.

Do you know if the HDS products perform as poorly as SAN devices? We
are looking for a SAN device for our data center. Sorry for the
confusion about NAS.

Thanks,

Todd

HVB

2006-03-31, 12:15 am

On 27 Mar 2006 12:30:57 -0800, "ttblum" <toddb@mbsnetinc.com> wrote:

>Do you know if the HDS products perform as poorly as SAN devices? We
>are looking for a SAN device for our data center.


IME, HDS arrays tend to perform very well. The Japanese engineers
take performance very seriously. Having said that, the results you
see will depend on what configuration you have and that depends on
what you want to do with it.

As Rob said, HDS are right up there with EMC and IBM, certainly
top-tier.

HVB
Rick

2006-04-01, 12:31 pm

If you want an enterprise class NAS server, choose the NetApps products.
They are heads above the competition. Equallogics rocks for iSCSI, EMC for
SAN, HP for Virtualization in SAN. In my opinion, these are the best
solutions in these areas. Certainly there are other manufacturues that play
in each area that are very good as well, but in my 15+ years experience, you
can't go wrong with the above recommendations.

Regards
"HVB" <hvbnntp@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> On 27 Mar 2006 12:30:57 -0800, "ttblum" <toddb@mbsnetinc.com> wrote:
>
>
> IME, HDS arrays tend to perform very well. The Japanese engineers
> take performance very seriously. Having said that, the results you
> see will depend on what configuration you have and that depends on
> what you want to do with it.
>
> As Rob said, HDS are right up there with EMC and IBM, certainly
> top-tier.
>
> HVB



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