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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 13:32:33 -0800
From: Andrew Sharp <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
To: "Jean-Paul Junod" <jeanpaul.junod@onstor.com>
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Subject: Re: CSLab for 2007
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Howdy,

I would absolutely endorse John's recommendation to switch over to
copper GigE.  Sell your fiber switches on ebay to defray the upfront
costs a bit ~:^)  The incremental savings over time, in addition to the
added ease of use and cable cleanup, would be well worth it IMO.

Cheers,

a


 On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:44:19 -0800 "Jean-Paul Junod"
<jeanpaul.junod@onstor.com> wrote:

> If anyone has any good ideas or something to add please do.
> 
> thx
> _____________________________________________
> From: John Rogers 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 11:31 AM
> To: Jean-Paul Junod
> Cc: Huy Duong
> Subject: CSLab for 2007
> 
> Hey Jean-Paul,
> 
> Here are my recommendations for the CSLab for next year. You are going
> to need some OS licenses, so I put you guys down for  an MSDN
> subscription as well as some dedicated XP licenses that can be
> upgraded to windows vista. That should give you access to enough OS
> resources to get all of your current systems in good shape as well as
> provide resources for a VMWare environment. I also stuck a VMWare
> server in there that should be beefy enough to handle a bunch of VM's
> without choking up too much. Since the CSLab rack only had 1 switch,
> which forced your Gateways to have the FP and Management network on
> the same subnet, I put you down for a 10/100 switch to get your
> systems a separate subnet for the management network on the Gateways.
> Since you guys are looking at having additional Gateways I put you
> down for a bigger GigE switch. You might consider switching your
> entire environment to Copper GigE as opposed to Fiber GigE. Your
> current set of clients is Copper GigE and your gateways are fiber.
> That would clean up your cabling a bit. I also have you down for a
> set of Qlogic SAN switches, the current Brocade switches are not
> supported by Pantera, besides, you will need the additional capacity
> for the new gateways. And Finally I got you down for 2 ONStor Bobcat
> 2240s.
> 
> Total estimated cost: $39,600.00
> 
> Please forward this along to the team for review and get back to me
> ASAP with any changes.
> 
> 
>  << File: CS-2007.xls >> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John
> 
