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тАО02-04-2002 01:07 PM
тАО02-04-2002 01:07 PM
VA 7100 vs FC-60
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тАО02-05-2002 06:34 AM
тАО02-05-2002 06:34 AM
Re: VA 7100 vs FC-60
I just got done playing with a va7400, and it was the absolute easiest thing to build and manage. Web interface as well as command line. I think it kicks butt. The ease of adding more disks is just so damn easy, and can be done on the fly. If it's at a remote site, the va7400 is even a better deal than just a va7100 or an fc60.
The VA7400 I tested has 15-18gb drives, and 15-36gb drives with a 16 port brocade switch. We just purchase over 10million (us $) of EMC crap, and I wish we had cut that back and looked into the VA's for areas that don't need immediate data syncronization. The FC-60's, are you using sc10's or fc10's?
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harry
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тАО02-05-2002 06:47 AM
тАО02-05-2002 06:47 AM
Re: VA 7100 vs FC-60
We are looking at fc10's in the fc60. I have been having a hard time finding an apples::apples comparison for performance on the VA7100 vs FC60. HPs storage site shows 90Mbs sustained read (30MBs write) for the VA7100, which is probably the most useful metric, but I can't find any corresponding numbers for the FC.
ALso, some loking throug thread history shows quite a few threads in which admins were confused abuot how much disk space they were losing through the RAID + hot swap configuration on the VA's. Did you have any similar issues?
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тАО02-05-2002 07:05 AM
тАО02-05-2002 07:05 AM
Re: VA 7100 vs FC-60
You cannot connect FC10s in FC60s. You can only connect SC10s. Internally, The FC60 contains 6 Ultra2 SCSI interfaces, each 40 MB/s. Check this out:
http://www.hp.com/products1/storage/disk_arrays/midrange/fc60/specifications/index.html
Vince
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тАО02-05-2002 07:08 AM
тАО02-05-2002 07:08 AM
Re: VA 7100 vs FC-60
Also, I wouldn't expect to see any improvements in performance or functionality on the FC60's. I would expect to see the VA7xxx line go to 2Gbps on the front-end fibre channel pretty soon. HP has just released a 2Gbps fibre channel card and Brocade has released a 2Gbps fibre channel switch. Look for the VA7xxx to follow suit pretty soon. I'd bet on an upgrade path even if you bought a VA7xxx today.
Finally, the VA7xxx offers a few other advantages over the FC60's:
VA7xxx offers RAID5DP (double parity)
VA7xxx much easier to manage
VA7xxx controllers can have more cache (1GB ea)
VA7400 can take up to 7 15-slot disk cabs
Software offerings are better for VA7xxx
- business copy (data mirror)
- LUN masking/security
We have both FC60's and VA7xxx's in our environment. Both have been solid performers, but the VA7xxx line is our strategic future for storage.
Good luck!