Nick,
I definitely don't want to trade in my 5 filers (F880, F85, F87, FAS940,
R150) for a Celerra, but
sometimes decisions are not based on technical merit, but "political".
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Steel (Lists) [mailto:mrlist@noid.org]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 6:02 PM
To: toasters(a)mathworks.com
Subject: Re: Migrating from NetApp to EMC Celera
I can't help but ask, why on earth would you want to go away from a toaster
over to a Celerra?
I would never use a Celerra for anything other than a boat anchor[1]. I had
one. It was horrible, absolutely horrible. It was down 1/3 of the time and
that isn't an exageration. I had to endure 16+ hour fsck's, almost half a
dozen datamover panics a day. I replaced it with F840's and I've never had
an issue since.
I'll stop ranting now otherwise I'll start foaming at the mouth again...
- Nick
[1] And that's being very nice about it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sto Rage(c)" <Net_Backer(a)hotmail.com>
To: <toasters(a)mathworks.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: Migrating from NetApp to EMC Celera
> Oh Boy! Did I create a storm in here!. I had many of you ask me for
> details. I am doing that right now. Will email you individually once I
> have compiled my issues. -G
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sto Rage(c)" <Net_Backer(a)hotmail.com>
> To: "Bruce Arden" <arden(a)nortelnetworks.com>; <toasters(a)mathworks.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 8:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Migrating from NetApp to EMC Celera
>
>
> > I don't work for NetApp. But first ask what features would you GAIN
> by
> > migrating to a Calera.
> > You loose so many features, the first being the simplicity to manage
> > them.
> >
> > We just moved all of our NAS storage off Celeras to NetApps because
> of
> > the so many issues.
> > Email me directly incase you need more info.
> > -G
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bruce Arden" <arden(a)nortelnetworks.com>
> > To: <toasters(a)mathworks.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 10:44 AM
> > Subject: Migrating from NetApp to EMC Celera
> >
> >
> > > I have been asked what the problems would be migrating from NetApp
> > > filers to EMC Celerra. Has anyone had any experience of doing
> this.
> > > What features would I loose?
> > >
> > > - Bruce
> > >
> > > --
> > > Bruce Arden arden(a)nortelnetworks.com barden2(a)csc.com
> > > CSC, Nortel, London Rd, Harlow, England +44 1279 40 2877
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>