Re: Anybody using the Dell Powervault MD3000 array?

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Might want to check out the HP MSA70 arrays.  I've had better luck with
them
and you can get 25 drives in a smaller rack unit size.  I had a bad
experience with the MD3000 and now only buy MD1000's with Perc 6/e when I
buy Dell.
Good luck!

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Jeffrey Baker <jwbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Thinking about buying the Powervault MD3000 SAS array with 15 15k
> 300GB disks for use as a postgres tablespace.  Is anyone using these
> (or other LSI/Engenio rebadge jobs?).  I'm interested in hearing about
> performance of the array, and problems (if any) with Dell's SAS HBA
> that comes bundled.  Also interested in performance of the maximum
> config of an MD3000 with two MD1000 shelves.
>
> -Jeff
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Might want to check out the HP MSA70 arrays. &nbsp;I&#39;ve had better
luck with them and you can get 25 drives in a smaller rack unit size.
&nbsp;I had a bad experience with the MD3000 and now only buy MD1000&#39;s
with Perc 6/e when I buy Dell.<div>
<br></div><div>Good luck!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 16,
2008 at 4:15 PM, Jeffrey Baker &lt;<a
href="mailto:jwbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
">jwbaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>&gt;
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
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Thinking about buying the Powervault MD3000 SAS array with 15 15k<br>
300GB disks for use as a postgres tablespace. &nbsp;Is anyone using
these<br>
(or other LSI/Engenio rebadge jobs?). &nbsp;I&#39;m interested in hearing
about<br>
performance of the array, and problems (if any) with Dell&#39;s SAS
HBA<br>
that comes bundled. &nbsp;Also interested in performance of the
maximum<br>
config of an MD3000 with two MD1000 shelves.<br>
<br>
-Jeff<br>
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