The F840 filer is only a single CPU system whereas the F880 has two processors. This is minor performance increase in Ops/Sec. I think it is from 20 to 25 Ops/Sec. So the question becomes do you need the increase performance or the increased capacity capabilities at the increase cost of the F880.
If you need 99.99% data availability from your storage, then a clustered pair is always the way to go either the F840C or the F880C. You will need to look at your needs. What is your data access like now and are you hindered by them? Look to how you might improve. Is the network the problem? If you are running few machines over 10Mb shared, then even an F880c will not fix the problem as that is not where the problem lies.
Matsushita Avionic Systems, looks like you might be heavily into an engineering environment. If this storage solution is to be used in a design environment, then I would strongly suggest the F880C. This will give you performance and growth capabilities -- trust me, you will need both.
-gdg
Jennifer Armenta wrote:
Do you see any point in upgrading from a F840 to a F880 or F880c, besides the clustering factor? Does anyone have any good advantage point to this type of upgrade that would justify the cost.
Jennifer )