may I ask what kind of problem you had with IBM storages ? Tomasz Napiera?a wrote: > On Wednesday 22 August 2007 15:56:12 Scott Ehrlich wrote: > >> I'm looking for RAID options for at least 10 TB to attach to a Dell >> PowerEdge 2950 running RHEL 5 64-bit Server. >> >> The system will act as a single sign-on server for XP and Linux, thus >> storing user's data from mounted home directories exported from the server >> to various workstations. It may also house a database. I'll need a >> storage solution starting at least 10 TB. >> > > 3PAR - most innovative storage solution on the market at the moment, and thier > stuff absolutely rocks. Unfortunately I don't know the costs, but technically > it's brilliant. > > >> Most of the SAS devices I've seen go up to 2 TB. Looking at the IBM >> System Storage devices, for example, they offer 12 TB and up. >> I'm not sure of the budget, so I'll discount cost for now. >> >> How good are IBM's rack RAID devices? I'm just looking at their System >> Storage DS4xxx line. >> > > We had lot of problems problems with IBM storage, but it's probably my > personal feeling ;) > > >> How about EMC? Network Appliance? Clariion? >> > > Don't have personal experience. > >