investing in a 4210 SAN setup
by Borjis
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Oct 14, 2007 at 10:17:24 pm
I'm in the process of evaluating our necessary capacity expansion.
What I have in mind is to upgrade from a 4210 1.6TB 4GB fibre channel setup for one system, to a 4210 10TB 4GB fibre channel that can be accessible for at least 2 edit rooms.
I've been looking at other vendors, but they can't meet the distances required to connect everything up. The array MUST reside in our central control room (as it does now) and Fibre channel is the only thing that can go far enough to make the connection.
What additional items do I need besides the larger 4210 to accomplish this? (with ciprico certified hardware/software)
I'm pretty sure I'll need a fibre channel switch of a sort but I don't see one on your site. I will need SAN host software as well and I don't see that.
Re: investing in a 4210 SAN setup by Lance R. Gropper on Oct 15, 2007 at 1:37:49 pm
Hello Borjis:
You are going to need Fibre Channel Host adapters for each client (Perferrably Atto Celerity Dual- or Quad-Channel 4GBit cards), SAN software (Tiger-Technology MetaSAN is recommended) for each client), a network switch (with all applicable ethernet cabling), a Fibre Channel switch (with cables and SFPs necessary for each workstation as well as the 4210(s)). There are two critical configuration things: 1) You didn't mention whether you are using Macs or PCs. If you are mixing Macs and PCs, the arrays should be formatted with the PC; 2) You are going to need to properly zone (software-setup) the switch.
