4 TB Storage Suggestions

[vjmatrixx]

Hi ,
I am looking for the best product suggestions in EMC, NetApp and Hitachi for a basic entry level storage systems with 4 TB capacity. Kindly suggest the best and cost effective product for the requirement.

[KarlZimm]

What are your goals/objectives with it? Do you have a budget? Do you have specific IOPS needs? Do you have specific feature requirements? What are your uptime requirements?

For only 4TB, you might not want to go with a large "name brand" solution, but maybe look at some of the smaller players.

[egni]

Do you have any specific SLA for the data stored (or) what would be your exact requirements for the data storage? If you are planning to just backup the data for disaster recovery then the cheapest solution would be to get a dedicated server with 4x 3TB drives and setup RAID on it and then up your data.

If you have any specific goals then you need to choose solutions like Netapp/EMC

[ostin]

If you are planning to just backup the data for disaster recovery then the cheapest solution would be to get a dedicated server with 4x 3TB drives and setup RAID on it and then up your data.
I tend to join this advice. It will really help.

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