Hey folks,<br><br>I'm looking to build an iSCSI SAN. The trouble is that the pricing coming in from our vendors is in the 20-30K range and this just won't fly.<br><br>I've been looking at the Promise VTM610i ( <a href="http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?product_id=185">http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?product_id=185</a> ) and I'm wondering if anyone has experience with these (or similar) units. A quick price check seemed to indicate that we could deploy this unit with ~24TB (which is way more than we need) for around 7K. I was thinking of coupling it with an HP Procurve 1800 24T smart switch for what seems to be an extremely affordable iSCSI SAN beginning. <br>
<br>So I'm wondering if I am just dreaming here, or if this hardware is up to the task. Keep in mind that we do not really need an enterprise grade solution, but I don't want to end up wasting 7 or 8 grand either. <br>
<br>Anyhow, I'd appreciate any thoughts that you guys might have on this.<br><br>Also, more on topic - should we have ourselves a meeting?<br><br>-Jonathan<br>