Hi all,
We are in the process of upgrading our current NetApp 3140 MetroCluster solution. We are out of I/O and diskspace also controllers are running out of both CPU and RAM.
Currently we are looking on a few players out there and try to have an open mind. HDS is pretty unknown to us.
Our NetApp in MetroCluster and NFS in an VMware environment has been working very well management and DR-wise. HDS HUS-VM will offer same functionality according to HDS, and the design looks pretty good.
For you who have experience from both from a VMware perspective: What is the good, the bad and the ugly?
Specs:
FAS 6220 in MetroCluster
SAS drives with SSD cache
FlashCache (accelerating our older FC disks that we are keeping)
OnCommand Balance
vs.
HDS HNAS3080 with HUS-VM
SAS 10k drives (No acceleration, but higher number of drives compaired)
Hitachi CommandSuite + Tuning Manager
Thin info about specs, but the topic is more about how my life as an VMware admin will be with HDS or NetApp.
THanks
/B