Re: Facilis Terrablock San System Feedback good?

Robert,

Stow the cynicism, please. Do you really mean to say that just 'cause you didn't see it or hear about it from your "friends" it can't be any good? Close minded, are we?

It just so happens that Videography magazine gave "Lairdshare" one of it's "Best of Show" awards. When I was at NAB I happened to wander by the Laird booth and ended up having a long conversation with Dan Summer, one of the brains behind the product. Dan told me that his background is in much larger scale SANs for the likes of various government agencies, but that this is his first effort at transferring that technology and expertise to the "under 12 seat" post house SAN. What's so unique about this product? The bandwidth that he's able to push through plain old gig E is extraordinary. If you can avoid fibre, you can save a ton of money on HBA's, fibre switches, cable drops, etc. The Lairdshare is a step in that direction.

I've got no reason to tout this product other than I can see that the design and concept of this product is very forward thinking. I've already got a huge X-SAN, and the Lairdshare as currently configured isn't for me. But, if you're looking for a small, efficient, easy to use "SAN in a CAN", you should take a look at Lairdshare.

Mark