EMC

Raid1 vs Raid5 Microsoft exchange data

We are implementing Microsoft Exchange on a EMC DMX3500 DASD Subsystem that has 146GB and 300GBs. Talked to Gartner Group Consultant Bob Passmore and he is strongly recommending RAID 1: his justification is based on the fact that RAID 1 is double the number of disk drives; therefore you cut what...

View Answer   |  Apr 30 2008   2:31 PM GMT   |  asked by Bobc
RAID 1 vs RAID 5, RAID 5, RAID 1

3Par and EMC problesm

I have a Sun x4100 has two qlogix qle2460 HBAs both connected to a 3Par SAN and a EMC cx700 SAN. When both HBA's are active in non-failover mode we can see the LUNs in /proc/scsi/qla2xxx/3 and 4 - BUT fdisk does not see the devices. If we have the HBAs set in failover mode we only see the LUNs on...

View Answer   |  Apr 28 2008   4:30 PM GMT   |  asked by Mberger
SAN, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, EMC

EMC Symetrix DMX- Power Query

I have a EMC Symetrix DMX, which requires three phase power. Unfortunately our site only has single phase power. Is it possible to bypass the three phase PDU and connect directly to the 10A connections on the power strips at the back of the boxes. Will this work?

Answer Question   |  Mar 26 2008   6:23 PM GMT   |  asked by Muffback
EMC Symetrix DMX, Storage, EMC

RAC and Sun cluster

We are installing 5 Sun Solaris servers (T2000's) for Oracle databases(no applications) in a RAC environment on EMC disk drives. The argument has come up as to whether using the Sun Cluster v3.2 is necessary when RAC is installed. One group states that the Sun Clustering complicates the...

View Answer   |  Oct 30 2007   2:15 PM GMT   |  asked by Chiqid
Oracle, EMC, Solaris

Data Center Builds

Does anyone have any ideas on how to get involved with build outs for data centers from a telecom perspective. My company is looking for opportunities to build out our network but I need to be able to present them with the scenario. I realize this might sound like a "sales" message or...

View Answer   |  Jan 9 2007   4:48 PM GMT   |  asked by lejoneric
Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Compliance

Exchange 2000 server and ms outlook 2000 installation,configuration

Hi,I am going to deply MS Exchange 2000 server in my organisation, Before that we have no message system, Now we have 200 systems of windows XP/Windows 98 with MS Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Pls guide me how to Install and Configure MS Echange 2000 Server and MS Outlook 2000.What r the parameters...

View Answer   |  Jan 8 2007   11:09 PM GMT   |  asked by chinmoymohanty
Exchange security, Hardware, Cabling

storage

Hi , I am mahesh.j a fresher , i would like build my carrier on storage .where i am familer to storage hardware now i would like expertise on it.My question is that how to be expertise on it, so i would request u all help me on it by ur guidlines. what are platform of operating...

View Answer   |  Mar 21 2006   9:05 AM GMT   |  asked by sjmahesh
Storage, Commvault, Computer Associates

Query on Storage labs

Hi,We are a Software product company exploring options to test our product offerings on EMC, Hitachi storage arrays. Having said this we are looking out for (commercial) Storage labs such as Veritest that enable fee-based access for external users/non-partners.Please have your advice on this.Many...

View Answer   |  Mar 1 2006   2:42 AM GMT   |  asked by Mainstream
Storage, Computer Associates, EMC

Bare Metal Restore

Looking for referals/recommendations for software solution to provide bare metal restore to different hardware. Note: SQL in use with medical data.Server is Raid 1, Win 2000 DCWould like to use workstation for bare metal restore in a pinch. Symantec claim to provide this but I'm skeptical.

View Answer   |  Feb 25 2006   6:40 PM GMT   |  asked by TJBaum
Backup & recovery, EMC, Veritas

Synchronous Replication and Data inconsistency

Hi, What are the possible scenarios where one could have data inconsistency when using Array based Synchronous Replication. What could be done to prevent it, and has anybody had any real life experiences with these scenarios? Thanks, Steve

View Answer   |  Jan 19 2006   8:27 AM GMT   |  asked by yveke321
Storage, EMC, HP

IBM DS400

Hi, We have IBM ds400 storage device Which as configured RAID 5 with fc cable for windows 2003 server .Problem is if we restart the server we are not able to see assigned partion in server,once again if we restart then it is visible.I have updated all firmware,bios and patchs but also same...

View Answer   |  Dec 14 2005   7:21 AM GMT   |  asked by sjmahesh
AS/400, CLP, DB2 universal database

hard drive

I want to know the Practical / Technical and Management information on how to operate the hard disks can someone help

View Answer   |  Dec 7 2005   7:18 AM GMT   |  asked by eduado
Career development, Outsourcing, Project management

Display Lotus notes documents in web page

I want to display the documents of a dominodatabase as a report in any of the browsers using java/javascript/JSP. This is possible or not? Give me some references.

View Answer   |  Oct 4 2005   3:21 AM GMT   |  asked by Ramanan
Development, Domino Designer, WebSphere Studio

EMC? NAS Celerra 704G versus Windows Storage server

Hi all,Can you compare a NAS EMC? Celerra NS704G against a Windows HP storage server DL585 from a performance point of view? They told me that the WSS server is more for departemental usage. Is this true?ThanksHans

View Answer   |  Sep 26 2005   10:18 AM GMT   |  asked by hdegreef
Storage, EMC, Storage products and equipment

Information required on 10Gigabit Ethernet cards

Hello All,I needed some information and datapoints on the following topics:- today what is 10GbE card used for?- what do you see the future for 10GbE?- what do you think is an acceptable price point for this card (just a guesstimate)? Today it is very expensive as compared to the regular 1GbE...

View Answer   |  Jul 22 2005   12:50 AM GMT   |  asked by rigveda
DataCenter, Data center design, Data center operations

Cisco switch for iSCSI SAN

A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked:I was wondering if you could recommend a Cisco switch that can be used for Exchange to SAN (NetApp FAS960C) iSCSI connectivity.

View Answer   |  Jun 7 2005   3:36 PM GMT   |  asked by aburton
Storage, Commvault, Computer Associates

disaster recovery

hi, i have 2xSE9900. one for the Production (prod) and one for Development (dev), few clustered DB servers (some inter domain and some normal clustered) which total more than 5. the servers are running different Solaris versions, VXVM versions but all using Sun cluster. for the next phase of...

View Answer   |  May 9 2005   6:05 AM GMT   |  asked by satria2555
DataCenter, Disaster Recovery, IT architecture

Online calculator

Where can I find an online calculator which will convert TBs to MBs etc??

View Answer   |  May 3 2005   10:52 AM GMT   |  asked by aburton
Storage, Commvault, Computer Associates

Sample backup and recovery process examples-2

I am looking to find sample backup and recovery process examples. Also if I could identify the benefits of the process it would be of great help.

View Answer   |  May 3 2005   10:49 AM GMT   |  asked by aburton
Storage, Commvault, Computer Associates

Sample backup and recovery process examples

I am looking to find sample backup and recovery process examples. Also if I could identify the benefits of the process it would be of great help.

View Answer   |  May 3 2005   10:49 AM GMT   |  asked by aburton
Storage, Commvault, Computer Associates