tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22921684.post429727731004622478..comments2023-05-12T08:13:38.639+01:00Comments on The Storage Architect: Pause for ThoughtputChris M Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05633427140097100466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22921684.post-1447887059955755922007-09-18T15:43:00.000+01:002007-09-18T15:43:00.000+01:00Chris,I would hope that going forward more people ...Chris,<BR/><BR/>I would hope that going forward more people will also use Tiering to save on energy.... While I agree it is done primarily to save money, by moving data to lower performing and often more engery efficient media we will also save energy.Administratorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07165889343506150456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22921684.post-43156800454436884002007-09-18T13:02:00.000+01:002007-09-18T13:02:00.000+01:00Hi Chris,I couldn't agree more about the wealth of...Hi Chris,<BR/><BR/>I couldn't agree more about the wealth of issues surrounding a filer deployment. Although the functionality is feature rich (in fact, enticingly so), in nearly every place you could want to install them, the teams looking after the services you depend on (NIS,DNS,IP,LDAP,etc,etc) are almost always managed seperately from the storage team. So you're dependent on so many thing outside of your direct control.<BR/><BR/>Pausing for thought tho - if one DID want a dirty great cache in front of their storage then IBMs SVC might be a contender there.Parsons Software Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06346817643862516840noreply@blogger.com