I have spent the last month going back and forth reviewing both Equallogic and LeftHand SAN Solutions for a client. They both seem like excellent products, which have different approaches.
The issue which makes it really difficult to see clearly is they bash each other as being inferior and its also very difficult to get honesty out of salespeople as to which product is really better. The Dell Equallogic reps have been doing a batter job of bashing HP LeftHand, but I dont feel that they are being fair.
Is it better to have a purpose built box like the Equallogic, or better to have something built on open scapable X86 Architecture like the the LeftHand? When it comes to the Euqallogic solution, there is no redundancy between units, so if we span volumes, this seems like a risk, even though the boxes themselves are fully redundant within.
Which solution really performs better, or do they both perform alike?
And is it really practical to go all SATA v.s SAS for an environment with 150 Users, 12 ESX Guests (3 Hosts), SQL and Exchange?
Any opinions, thoughts, real life experiences and comments would be greatly appreciated.
Isaac Braca
Avaya ACA - IP Office
CTO / ICCS & Co., LLC.
ICCS, Your Premier IT & Telecom Partner, is a New York City Based Avaya SMB Expert Business Partner and IT Consulting Firm.
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The issue which makes it really difficult to see clearly is they bash each other as being inferior and its also very difficult to get honesty out of salespeople as to which product is really better. The Dell Equallogic reps have been doing a batter job of bashing HP LeftHand, but I dont feel that they are being fair.
Is it better to have a purpose built box like the Equallogic, or better to have something built on open scapable X86 Architecture like the the LeftHand? When it comes to the Euqallogic solution, there is no redundancy between units, so if we span volumes, this seems like a risk, even though the boxes themselves are fully redundant within.
Which solution really performs better, or do they both perform alike?
And is it really practical to go all SATA v.s SAS for an environment with 150 Users, 12 ESX Guests (3 Hosts), SQL and Exchange?
Any opinions, thoughts, real life experiences and comments would be greatly appreciated.
Isaac Braca
Avaya ACA - IP Office
CTO / ICCS & Co., LLC.
ICCS, Your Premier IT & Telecom Partner, is a New York City Based Avaya SMB Expert Business Partner and IT Consulting Firm.
Visit and Post on my Blog: