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Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:57:21 +0100
From: Sven Geisler <sgeisler@aeccom.com>
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Hi Peter,
Peter Koczan schrieb:
>
>
> One of the other things I was interested in was the "hidden costs" of
> a SAN. For instance, we'd probably have to invest in more UPS capacity
> to protect our data. Are there any other similar points that people
> don't initially consider regarding a SAN?
>
>   

There are "hidden costs". The set up of a local disk system is easy. You 
need only a few decisions.
This is totally different when it comes to SAN.
At the end of the day you need a guy who has the knowledge to design and 
configure such system.
That's why you should buy a SAN and the knowledge  from a brand or a 
specialist company.

BTW: You can do other things with SAN you can't do with local disks.
- mirroring to another location (room)
- mounting snapshots on another server

Sven.

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