Hello all, this is my first post here, so sorry if i irritate anyone..


I have been mandated to re-structure the storage infrastructure here at
the office. I was looking at the Adaptec Snap Servers. My current set
up is ...

3 Windows servers & a XP Pro box

a) One doing general file serving & the users "My Docs & Desktop"
b) Another doing the users U: drive(network drive to save important
docs to)
c) The other server doing MS exchnage 2000. We also use Arc Serv(yuck)
for back ups to a 160 gig Dell tape drive.
d) And an XP Pro doing SQL server 2005

The above supports 60 workstations all running XP Pro through 2 Dell
powerconect switches(3048 & 3024) of which there are 4 GigE ports

Now i was lookign for a possible solution to ..
1) My general file & storage needs(possibly raid 5 & mirror)
2) Then possible backups to disk rather than tape?(seperate unit other
then above or the same?)

Can anyone suggest structure or plan  or docs that  might help me to
figure out the best solution without spending a fotune?

Any help appriciated....

Thanks

Rob
Montreal, Canada

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In article <1164215426.186217.239970@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
rob@stupidguytalk.org says...
>
>Hello all, this is my first post here, so sorry if i irritate anyone..
>
>
>I have been mandated to re-structure the storage infrastructure here at
>the office. I was looking at the Adaptec Snap Servers. My current set
>up is ...
>
>3 Windows servers & a XP Pro box
>
>a) One doing general file serving & the users "My Docs & Desktop"
>b) Another doing the users U: drive(network drive to save important
>docs to)
>c) The other server doing MS exchnage 2000. We also use Arc Serv(yuck)
>for back ups to a 160 gig Dell tape drive.
>d) And an XP Pro doing SQL server 2005
>
>The above supports 60 workstations all running XP Pro through 2 Dell
>powerconect switches(3048 & 3024) of which there are 4 GigE ports
>
>Now i was lookign for a possible solution to ..
>1) My general file & storage needs(possibly raid 5 & mirror)
>2) Then possible backups to disk rather than tape?(seperate unit other
>then above or the same?)
>
>Can anyone suggest structure or plan  or docs that  might help me to
>figure out the best solution without spending a fotune?
>

"small fortune" is a relative term
what does it mean to you?

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Why needing to update storage.  what is your goal with this project?
If you are backing up the entire companies data to a single 160GB tape
i'm not sure a SNAP appliance can be cost justified....

take a look at these MS NAS appliances though as an alternative much
more simple to manage and implement.

http://www.iomega.com/direct/produc...D=1164955173980

They also include a REV drive which makes bakcups very easy!

Please feel free to email me if you have more questions.

JAA
Rob wrote:
> Hello all, this is my first post here, so sorry if i irritate anyone..
> 
>
> I have been mandated to re-structure the storage infrastructure here at
> the office. I was looking at the Adaptec Snap Servers. My current set
> up is ...
>
> 3 Windows servers & a XP Pro box
>
> a) One doing general file serving & the users "My Docs & Desktop"
> b) Another doing the users U: drive(network drive to save important
> docs to)
> c) The other server doing MS exchnage 2000. We also use Arc Serv(yuck)
> for back ups to a 160 gig Dell tape drive.
> d) And an XP Pro doing SQL server 2005
>
> The above supports 60 workstations all running XP Pro through 2 Dell
> powerconect switches(3048 & 3024) of which there are 4 GigE ports
>
> Now i was lookign for a possible solution to ..
> 1) My general file & storage needs(possibly raid 5 & mirror)
> 2) Then possible backups to disk rather than tape?(seperate unit other
> then above or the same?)
>
> Can anyone suggest structure or plan  or docs that  might help me to
> figure out the best solution without spending a fotune?
>
> Any help appriciated....
>
> Thanks
>
> Rob
> Montreal, Canada

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