gabriel rosenkoetter on Tue, 14 Jan 2003 09:30:33 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] Re: Server Recommendation


On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 10:35:59PM -0500, Sean Cummins wrote:
> gabriel rosenkoetter writes: 
> > Symmetrics
> Symmetrix

My apologies for the misspelling (I can never remember without going
to look at the box--we've got one on our 390, but *I* don't have
access to it ;^>--or checking the EMC web site).

> This allows organizations to virtually guarantee data 
> integrity -- its how many companies in downtown NYC recovered from 9/11.  
> You can combine SRDF (symm-to-symm replication) and TimeFinder (replication 
> internal to a single Symm) in an incredible number of ways, like multi-hop 
> replication (Symm -> Symm -> Symm -> etc). 

Incidentally, what're you allowed to say in public about how soon we
can do replications between Symms and Clariions (checked the web
site this time! ;^>)? I know what my EMC sales rep is telling me,
but he's the one trying to sell me a Clariion, so...

> the RAID 10 volumes, effectively creating huge RAID 100 logical volumes.  
> Its pretty interesting stuff.. </salespitch> :) 

Quite!

And it's good to know that folks like you are listening on PLUG.
(I've heard reports from friends in other parts of the country that
other region's LUG mailing lists are nowhere near as technical or
talkative. So, um, good for us! ;^>)

-- 
gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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