[wplug] NAS question

[Keir Josephson]

I recently saw a presentation on EMC's new CAS (context addressable 
storage) which is designed for archiving large amounts of data. 
Performance is definitely not it's strong point, though. I believe it's 
uses IDE drives running in a raid 5 configuration.

-Keir

On Nov 5, 2003, at 12:18 AM, Benjamin Slavin wrote:

> Good morning, all,
>
> I'm looking for a NAS solution for a potential client (approximately 
> 5TB
> of archiving necessary - throughput it -not a huge issue-), and would
> like to make sure I 'do my homework' before I talk with them again.
>
> The Apple Xserve + Xserve RAID setup is looking like a good possibility
> in terms of the cost versus capacity/performance. I am wondering if
> anyone has any experience with these systems or any others that might 
> be
> recommended.
>
> Thanks much,
>   --Ben
>
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