On Apr 8, 2011, at 2:37 AM, Ian Collins <i...@ianshome.com> wrote: > On 04/ 8/11 06:30 PM, Erik Trimble wrote: >> On 4/7/2011 10:25 AM, Chris Banal wrote: >>> While I understand everything at Oracle is "top secret" these days. >>> >>> Does anyone have any insight into a next-gen X4500 / X4540? Does some other >>> Oracle / Sun partner make a comparable system that is fully supported by >>> Oracle / Sun? >>> >>> http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/servers/previous-products/index.html >>> >>> >>> What do X4500 / X4540 owners use if they'd like more comparable zfs based >>> storage and full Oracle support? >>> >>> I'm aware of Nexenta and other cloned products but am specifically asking >>> about Oracle supported hardware. However, does anyone know if these type of >>> vendors will be at NAB this year? I'd like to talk to a few if they are... >>> >> >> The move seems to be to the Unified Storage (aka ZFS Storage) line, which is >> a successor to the 7000-series OpenStorage stuff. >> >> http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/storage/unified-storage/index.html >> >> > Which is not a lot of use to those of us who use X4540s for what they were > intended: storage appliances.
Can you elaborate briefly on what exactly the problem is? I don't follow? What else would an X4540 or a 7xxx box be used for, other than a storage appliance? Guess I'm slow. :-) Mark _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
