On Mon, October 25, 2010 08:38, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- >> boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Ian Collins >> >> Sun hardware? Then you get all your support from one vendor. > > +1 > > Sun hardware costs more, but it's worth it, if you want to simply assume > your stuff will work. In my case, I'd say the sun hardware was approx 50% > to 2x higher cost than the equivalent dell setup.
I agree with the general sentiment, but it can get prohibitive if you also have a sizable DEV/QA/STG environment that you want to have the same as PRD. I don't mind gold-plated support for PRD, but for the rest, it'd be handy budget-wise if Oracle simply had a basic parts-only warranty for hardware, and a patches-only support for software. It's all we need for the majority of our environment, but it no longer seems available under Larry Ellison's watch. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss