SAN Solutions via EMC/Dell package http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/compare.a spx/fibre?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz
In my opinion is best for the buck ROI
CX300, 15 146G drives, with Snapview, Powerpath, Navisphere, with Gold Support on all software and hardware components - $55,000. Extremely scalable. Database cluster performance improvement by far over 50% as compared to NAS or DAS. What ever package on top starting from middleware hardware for embarrassingly parallel cluster farms to MogileFS to MSCS will be pretty happy, assuming your database/app is optimized etc... And than you should run VMware ACE.
Get either a most portable latest ThinkPad for ruggedness and prolonged quality service. Dell has got the best video cards best quality and longevity of dimensions not previously reached, however Dells are the most bulky heavy looking thing with bigger screens. If too heavy get IBM if not get Dell. QoS. That's why in the long run you'll be happier with Dell. IBM and Dell are the best, your choices should only range between them. Mmm I can squeeze two hard drives in my laptop; those yummy Raid 1 backups. Mmm redundancy. "Hey I pulled a Homer" And if your OS dreams contain something other than crippled windows management of 98, run VMware on XP or better yet on 2.4.20.
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SAN Solutions via EMC/Dell package http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/compare.a spx/fibre?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz
In my opinion is best for the buck ROI
CX300, 15 146G drives, with Snapview, Powerpath, Navisphere, with Gold Support on all software and hardware components - $55,000. Extremely scalable. Database cluster performance improvement by far over 50% as compared to NAS or DAS. What ever package on top starting from middleware hardware for embarrassingly parallel cluster farms to MogileFS to MSCS will be pretty happy, assuming your database/app is optimized etc... And than you should run VMware ACE.
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Get either a most portable latest ThinkPad for ruggedness and prolonged quality service. Dell has got the best video cards best quality and longevity of dimensions not previously reached, however Dells are the most bulky heavy looking thing with bigger screens. If too heavy get IBM if not get Dell. QoS. That's why in the long run you'll be happier with Dell. IBM and Dell are the best, your choices should only range between them. Mmm I can squeeze two hard drives in my laptop; those yummy Raid 1 backups. Mmm redundancy. "Hey I pulled a Homer" And if your OS dreams contain something other than crippled windows management of 98, run VMware on XP or better yet on 2.4.20.