Comments on: Enterprise Computing: Are You Happy With A Sole Supplier? http://thestoragearchitect.com/2009/05/13/enterprise-computing-are-you-happy-with-a-sole-supplier/ Storage, Virtualisation & Cloud Wed, 23 May 2012 02:49:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: The Storage Architect » Blog Archive » Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform: Disk Drive Architecture http://thestoragearchitect.com/2009/05/13/enterprise-computing-are-you-happy-with-a-sole-supplier/#comment-779 The Storage Architect » Blog Archive » Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform: Disk Drive Architecture Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:49:02 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=548#comment-779 [...] made many comments on 2.5″ drives over the years (here and here for example) and from time to time I’ve tracked the capacities of 2.5″ drives compared [...] [...] made many comments on 2.5″ drives over the years (here and here for example) and from time to time I’ve tracked the capacities of 2.5″ drives compared [...]

]]> By: Chris Evans http://thestoragearchitect.com/2009/05/13/enterprise-computing-are-you-happy-with-a-sole-supplier/#comment-777 Chris Evans Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:56:29 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=548#comment-777 Prem, The Sun 7000 Series (Amber Road/USS) supports 2.5" drives. Chris Prem,

The Sun 7000 Series (Amber Road/USS) supports 2.5″ drives.

Chris

]]> By: Prem http://thestoragearchitect.com/2009/05/13/enterprise-computing-are-you-happy-with-a-sole-supplier/#comment-778 Prem Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:33:26 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=548#comment-778 Just wanted to share my story...One of my customers recently bought a sun blade 6000 with may 2.5" SAS drives. He later decided to use the drives in shared storage array. I have been looking for storage array that will take 2.5" SAS drives and have not had much joy with any of the decent vendors...any suggestions? Just wanted to share my story…One of my customers recently bought a sun blade 6000 with may 2.5″ SAS drives. He later decided to use the drives in shared storage array. I have been looking for storage array that will take 2.5″ SAS drives and have not had much joy with any of the decent vendors…any suggestions?

]]> By: Chris Evans http://thestoragearchitect.com/2009/05/13/enterprise-computing-are-you-happy-with-a-sole-supplier/#comment-774 Chris Evans Thu, 14 May 2009 19:00:49 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=548#comment-774 Pete, good point, 2.5" in servers. I've got a Constellation SAS drive under test (I've also a few 15K 2.5" drives too) - had it for a couple of months. That's why I keep banging on about them - I think they're great. I just wish the array vendors would get on with it and deploy them widely! Chris Pete, good point, 2.5″ in servers. I’ve got a Constellation SAS drive under test (I’ve also a few 15K 2.5″ drives too) – had it for a couple of months. That’s why I keep banging on about them – I think they’re great. I just wish the array vendors would get on with it and deploy them widely!

Chris

]]> By: Pete Steege http://thestoragearchitect.com/2009/05/13/enterprise-computing-are-you-happy-with-a-sole-supplier/#comment-776 Pete Steege Thu, 14 May 2009 13:49:48 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=548#comment-776 Hi Chris, While 2.5" drives have yet to make much of a dent in storage arrays, they have become the defacto standard for servers. Check out HP's server lineup as an example. The limiting factor for 2.5" drives in storage arrays has mostly been capacity per drive. The industry is just now at the inflection point, with 300GB 10K drives available. Even more interesting I think are the 500GB 2.5" 7200 rpm SAS/SATA drives coming out, like Seagate's Constellation. Expect to see rapid growth in 2.5" storage system adoption. On the SSD side, I think we're seeing early adopter behavior at this point. As you know, Seagate has announced plans to be an alternative for vendors later this year. The single supplier question will be moot by then. Hi Chris,

While 2.5″ drives have yet to make much of a dent in storage arrays, they have become the defacto standard for servers. Check out HP’s server lineup as an example.

The limiting factor for 2.5″ drives in storage arrays has mostly been capacity per drive. The industry is just now at the inflection point, with 300GB 10K drives available. Even more interesting I think are the 500GB 2.5″ 7200 rpm SAS/SATA drives coming out, like Seagate’s Constellation. Expect to see rapid growth in 2.5″ storage system adoption.

On the SSD side, I think we’re seeing early adopter behavior at this point. As you know, Seagate has announced plans to be an alternative for vendors later this year. The single supplier question will be moot by then.

]]> By: Stephen Foskett http://thestoragearchitect.com/2009/05/13/enterprise-computing-are-you-happy-with-a-sole-supplier/#comment-775 Stephen Foskett Wed, 13 May 2009 14:13:54 +0000 http://thestoragearchitect.com/?p=548#comment-775 I don't buy the "sole supplier" argument. There are actually MORE suppliers of enterprise-class 2.5" drives than 3.5" units now! Hitachi has the Ultrastar, Seagate has the Savvio, WD has the Velociraptor, and Fujitsu (now Toshiba) has the MBx2 series. Even if one ignores the latter two, that's still the same suppliers everyone uses for 3.5" drives. I think 2.5" is just waiting to happen. We'll see it. Stephen I don’t buy the “sole supplier” argument. There are actually MORE suppliers of enterprise-class 2.5″ drives than 3.5″ units now! Hitachi has the Ultrastar, Seagate has the Savvio, WD has the Velociraptor, and Fujitsu (now Toshiba) has the MBx2 series. Even if one ignores the latter two, that’s still the same suppliers everyone uses for 3.5″ drives.

I think 2.5″ is just waiting to happen. We’ll see it.

Stephen

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