Hi all,
I am at the tail end of a long process of deciding on a SAN. My company is relatively small and has only used VMWare for development machines with local storage. We are finally looking to move our production environment into VMWare. We will also be mixing in a small (@ 30 desktops to start) VDI project on this same storage unit. I have read a lot, on the internet and on these forums, about Nimble Storage. I have a strong and compelling quote for a CS220G from Nimble. That being said:
I was wondering if anyone has used or had any experience with Tegile's Zebi Storage products (I am looking at the HA2100 specifically - http://www.tegile.com/products/zebi-storage-arrays/)?? Their product uses the same chassis as the Nimble, but I am told they use better processors and all SAS drives (The Nimble CS220G uses SATA drives with interposers). The Tegile OS is based on OpenSolaris/ZFS with some custom improvements that Tegile calls MASS (Metadata Accelerated Storage System), which implement deduplication and compression in a different way than ZFS. The only "unbiased" information I can find is a blog post from IPHouse, and while it is informative and reassuring, I'm hoping there are people on this forum who can offer more information.
So if anyone can offer more information or experience in reference to Tegile Storage products I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance!
Ben