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Can I use the Promise RAID array in a MatrixStore cluster?
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Inappropriate?Yes Indeed.
Whilst the Promise array does not share the looks of the Xserve RAID it provides more for less in terms of functionality and capacity.
It does not matter to MatrixStore what disk is attached to the Xserve as long as it appears as a volume in the Mac OS. End of.
Ideally organisations buying into the Promise technology will roll out their Xserve RAID units from the SAN and into a MatrixStore archive.
I really do hope they work on those looks...
http://www.apple.com/server/storage/
I’m silly
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Inappropriate?Interesting to compare the two RAID arrays to each other, promise has:
- 16 instead of 14 disks (and therefore capacity)
- true duality in the disk controller = failover
- 4Gbps fibre channel
Those are all easy to pinpoint. Long term durability of the product in typical Apple work environments... that's another thing, but for sure, Apple wont have chosen to work with this product without having first considered a lot of other products. It would be bad for Apple's name and it's reputation in the video production industry if this product didn't perform well.
Only time will tell; but I'd love to know exactly which products were in the beauty parade that Apple were considering from.
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