Want to convert an HP MSA500 G2 to MSA1000
IT guy in a small county government trying to save the taxpayers' money... I have a cluster of two HP DL360-G5s, Server 2003, and an MSA500 G2 that run our Sheriff dispatch center in a fail-over...
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Ah, yes, I remember that array. If nothing else, replacing it will save on the electric bill. What are your IOPS like? Are these bare-metal Windows installs, or are they virtualized?
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Robert5205 wrote: IT guy in a small county government trying to save the taxpayers' money... I have a cluster of two HP DL360-G5s, Server 2003, and an MSA500 G2 that run our Sheriff dispatch center...
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Robert5205 wrote: Any benefit of experience you could share would be welcome. Thanks! My experience with 911/Police/Fire systems, is to actually buy real hardware. Your better off running a SINGLE...
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BizDPS - The current setup is real hardware. The two servers connected by cable to the MSA. I'm certain that the original idea was to provide HA for the dispatch software. We can lose a server, a...
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Well, this may be a good time to virtualize. Get a couple servers with onboard storage and replicate the storage. Your servers will now be on 2 pieces of hardware and avoid the single point of failure...
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BizDPS wrote: Well, this may be a good time to virtualize. Get a couple servers with onboard storage and replicate the storage. Your servers will now be on 2 pieces of hardware and avoid the single...
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>>I've seen MSA's loose a controller and the other not take over properly (and other weirdness). If the database corrupts or something else happens it can get "fun". Do you have bare metal...
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Robert5205 wrote: I'm looking at a product called "Double-Take." I'd want something to duplicate not only the db, but user files as well. In that case, the cluster would not need a shared direct...
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Actually, times have changed quite a bit, and Double-Take has changed along with them. First off, the driver systems ensure NTFS transactional integrity, so while SQL may need to roll back an...
View ArticleWant to convert an HP MSA500 G2 to MSA1000
In conclusion, it appears that no one has experience converting the MSA 500 to an MSA 1000 - despite how easy HP's brochure says it is. So, I'm going to guess that I don't need to be breaking new...
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