Recent content by zanderkid

Unfortunately, my approval fell through... I will end up building my own box similar to the i7 proc w Asus Sabertooth board described in this thread, probably a month or two from now. Bummer.... :mad:

HaHa, that`s funny. :) You are correct, I don't need the SAS controller based on the type of drives I will be using, and I will be using SATA. However, when I inquired with Dell about Raid10 in addition to Raid1, they recommended this controller as the standard only supported Raid0 and Raid1...

That was my original plan, but then my boss offered to buy a box for me to use at home. As long as it is under $2,500 (well, plus minus a hundred bucks) and as long as it is warranteed for 3 years. Preferably either Dell or HP. Later on, it will probably be repurposed at the office... My...

I'm not sure if there are two controllers, I will double check with Dell to confirm. Do these specifications look good for what I'm trying to accomplish? One thing that I didn't like about T410 is the fact that it's limited to 6 drives. Yes, I guess I could go to T610 that supports the 8...

Hey guys, I am planning on getting a Dell PE T410 server to use at home as a virtual lab. I will run Exchange 2010, DC, WSUS and perhaps another VM. Most likely be running everything in Vmware, but will also test things out in Hyper-V 2008 R2. Originally I was planning on building my own box...

Here is probably the important part that I should`ve listed in te first place, i apologize with this flood here, can't really think straight anymore.... Servers Recorder: 7 Throughput: 37.1 MB/Sec peak IOPS: 1005 avg and 1705 at peak (peak is at night when backups run) Read/Write ration...

Explanation for one of the DCs having IOPS this high is because that same DC hosts Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 with SEP VM on it.

Yeah, totally agree with you. DCs don't have that much load. Unfortunately my basement flooded and we are throwing everything out, so I'm posting back here as I take a break to relax. As soon as have the opportunity, I will get either entire report posted here or perhaps stick it on box.net....

Dell provided this tool called DPACK or dell Pack, I have a full report where it shows everything per server, but it would be to long to post here, so I posted only the summary. It ran for 24 hours though... It ran during the week where I do not run Full backups too. in terms of what`s...

Based on iOPS in that chart, what would you recommend I get in terms of quantity of drives and capacity of drives whether it is VNXe or not ?

It looks like if I was able to get approval for VNXe3100, there is no way I would be able to approve a second unit. Realistically hardware quote w 1 x storageworks x1600, 3 x dl380 & 2 switches, came down to approximately 40K I guess I can try to push to 45, maybe even 50, but not much more...

Guys, this is the IOPS report using Dell Pack that we ran for 24 hours Server--------------------IOPS----------- MB/Sec-----Capacity----Free Capacity----Read/Write ratio DC -----------------------188-------------- 12.9---------136.7GB------61.3GBs----------54% R/46% W DC2...

Hey Guys, I'm new to the forum. I found a lot of positive feedback here on VNXe3100. I was actually considering Storageworks x1600 G2, but at the cost of VNXe, I might as well get a SAN.... Environment is 100% Windows, with 110 users. Physical Exchange 2003 Standard - HP DL380 G5, DB size...