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June 11th, 2013 04:00
Which one is better, MD3200 with multiple MD1200? or Multiple MD3200 in one group?
I have a concern that is it possible to use multiple MD3200 Dell SAN in one group to have one large group of large space? (like using 4 11TB Md3200 and use them in one group to get space of 44TB?)
Or its a good idea to have one MD3200 and multiple MD1200 server to increase the space?
How they both different and which one is better if i availability is concern?
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June 11th, 2013 07:00
Each MD3200 is it's own unit. You can manage multiple from one instance of the Modular Disk Storage Manager (MDSM), but a server will have to connect to each MD3200 individually.
It's easier to daisy chain 1 or more MD1200's off of a single MD3200, but depending on your needs, it may or may not be 'better'.
What are you wanting to do with the storage? Will it be presented to a single server for a backup-to-disk or fileshare location, will you be clustering to allow multiple servers to share the storage for virtualization or do you have other intentions?