Re: SAN for FCP? (Terrablock)

There's some great points in this thread here. I just purchased a 3-seat MetaSAN license, with some MetaLAN ethernet clients (read rest of thread). It's working well, and Bernard was a huge help. =)

However, I do think that Terrablock has a great product (that seems well reviewed), and were I a really small shop or editor that just wanted a plug-and-play solution, I would look hard at the Terrablock solution.

To design and implement my shared storage for my 3-workstation group, I had to do a TON of learning & research as an editor: storage RAID sets, understanding Fibre Channel, SANs, volumes, LUNs, HBA's, cabling, connectors, dos and don'ts, and more. This is why SAN consultants are probably worth their weight in salt! I think of the hours spent... at least I know how it works, right?

I also had other requirements that led me to MetaSAN (namely: price of the LAN licenses is a steal) and there were other things I wanted our server to do. But, if simplicity is the goal, Terrablock has a strong offering.