Comments on: Specialized Server/Enterprise Hard Drives http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/08/07/specialized-serverenterprise-hard-drives/ Understanding the accumulation of data Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:43:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat :: Where Are the Ultra-Dense Arrays? http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/08/07/specialized-serverenterprise-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat :: Where Are the Ultra-Dense Arrays? Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:02:07 +0000 http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/08/07/specialized-serverenterprise-hard-drives/#comment-1590 [...] more spindles) to the enterprise storage array world.  I reiterated this in August when examining the world of enterprise hard drives.  So where are these “small form factor” (SFF) [...] [...] more spindles) to the enterprise storage array world.  I reiterated this in August when examining the world of enterprise hard drives.  So where are these “small form factor” (SFF) [...]

]]> By: the storage anarchist http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/08/07/specialized-serverenterprise-hard-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-22 the storage anarchist Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:56:43 +0000 http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/08/07/specialized-serverenterprise-hard-drives/#comment-22 You claim that "SATA in the enterprise has been controversial", but in reality, SATA drives have been being used in many enterprises for more than 2 years. They've just been used in "mid-tier" storage arrays like CLARiiON (the first to support SATA drives, I beleive). And while SATA isn't necessarily displacing faster enterprise-class disk drives, the slow/fat/cheap drives do allow customers to more cost-effectively store certain classes of data - like the 7 years of emails and IM messages that many are required to maintain for compliance, or nearline backups (for fast recovery). Any controversy over SATA drives in Enterprise Arrays appears to be fueled by the vendors who don't offer native support for SATA in their enterprise storage products. But the fact is that customers are already adopting and using SATA storage within their enterprise data centers. You claim that “SATA in the enterprise has been controversial”, but in reality, SATA drives have been being used in many enterprises for more than 2 years. They’ve just been used in “mid-tier” storage arrays like CLARiiON (the first to support SATA drives, I beleive).

And while SATA isn’t necessarily displacing faster enterprise-class disk drives, the slow/fat/cheap drives do allow customers to more cost-effectively store certain classes of data - like the 7 years of emails and IM messages that many are required to maintain for compliance, or nearline backups (for fast recovery).

Any controversy over SATA drives in Enterprise Arrays appears to be fueled by the vendors who don’t offer native support for SATA in their enterprise storage products. But the fact is that customers are already adopting and using SATA storage within their enterprise data centers.

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