SAN and Performance

[Gad Miron <gadmiron@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Larry

Considering a new machine configuration...

Will SAN upgrade / degrade performance of Write-intensive applications ?
(Compared to 7TB internal disks?)

TIA
Gad



> date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:01:15 -0500
> from: DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: i hosting i question
>
> Sure VIO can do that but SAN better choice.
> You get things like easy tier to move hot data to SSD and cold data away.
>
> You get flash copy for doing backups at a point in time that's not stuck
> while you are doing the backups.
>
> You can add drawers on the fly unlike internal disk. There are also more
> disk options with SAN as well.
>
> I do NOT hate internal disk, reliable and predictable for decades but
> SAN disk brings options that internal doesn't.
>
> 18TB, I'd be on SAN for sure.
>
>
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