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My point yesterday was that we should take test numbers with a grain of salt. But I added some test info, which brought me a few questions about performance. It seems that there must be a fair number of people actually looking at the FAS270. Is it right for you? <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s compare the F840, the F940, and the FAS270.<\/p>\n

840 does about 11000 ops\/sec
940 does about 17000 ops\/sec
270 does about 07000 ops\/sec
(Clustered filers yield more, but it\u2019s short of 2.x)<\/p>\n

Another big thing to look at is capacity, network and redundancy.<\/p>\n

The 840 will support 6TB RAW, 12 TB in a cluster.
The 940 will support 12TB RAW, 24 TB in a cluster.
The 270 will support 6TB RAW, A clustered 270 still only supports 6TB RAW<\/p>\n

The 840 and 940 can have multiple NICs, HBAs, SCSI, FCP cards added to them. As a network filer you could configure these boxes with redundant HBAs, create ether channel with 4 GigE ports for more throughput and redundancy, connect to redundant switches, etc.<\/p>\n

The 270 has 2 GigE ports, one fiber channel for connecting an additional shelf, and one fiber channel that functions as an initiator for tape drives.<\/p>\n

Is the 270 good for you? You need to answer these questions first:
What is the application?
What is the expected growth?
What are the uptime requirements?
What are the performance requirements?
How much space do you have?<\/p>\n

The 270 is a nice compact machine for the small office or home office, but it is not really for enterprise class, business critical applications.<\/p>\n

A nice used, inexpensive 840<\/a> (With or with out a transferable license) is probably the best choice unless you need the power and scalability of a 940.<\/p>\n

If you really want a bargain and space is not critical, you can get a used 760<\/a>. (I didn\u2019t mention them since it is almost impossible to get one with a transferable license these days.) You can get a good-used 760 <\/a>for a great price and Zerowait<\/a> will even provide hardware support to keep things running smoothly.<\/p>\n

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