Re: Computing IOPS for SAN: How?

Because I am always looking to yell at someone, this is another opportunity (I waited until someone posted a reasonable response, before I started to be my idiotic self).

This is another rediculous post, probably by someone whos IT department wants to "homebrew" an inexpensive solution. There are a fixed number of manufacturers out there, that make proven, working SAN solutions for video system. These companies include Apple XSAN, AVID Unity, EditShare, Facilis Terablocks, Tiger Technologies MetaSAN, Studio Network Solutions, Carismac, and a few others. THIS IS WHAT YOU RESEARCH - SCREW THE TECH DATA you are looking for. If you try to "homebrew" a video SAN yourself, you will FAIL. Consider the manufacturers I have just mentioned that have proven themselves. You can post on Creative Cow's SAN Networks forum for the few other companies that are making SAN for video, but there is a very limited number to choose from.

I will be so bold as to speculate that you may have researched products (like Apple XSAN), and someone in your company said "that's crazy money - we can do it ourselves, we have an IT department !". My friend, you will FAIL.

These products work - yours won't.

Bob Zelin