On Sat, Jan 15, 2000 at 09:41:48AM -0600, Tim Tsai wrote:
> Russ, what is your definition of a "large" installation? 10k, 100k, 1m
> users? Just exactly how many lighter-weight servers is practical to
> manage and upkeep before it's cheaper to buy NetApp's?
As someone who has purchased and maintained a lot of NetApp hardware over the
last year let me tell you that NetApp is heinously expensive. The head unit
alone usually goes for around $50k. Then add disks. We have since ditched the
NetApp solution and re-architected things to use clusters of PC's. We are much
happier with the cost effectiveness and the reliability. Of course we aren't
using them for mail but I can think of ways to distribute a large mail load on
cheap PC's.
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