No SAN for Exchange??

Is Microsoft really recommending that customers not use a FC SAN any more? I
am in the 5047 class and out instructor told us Microsoft recenlty announced
something to this effect. Any comments?
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JB

Martin
Mon Jun 02 13:58:05 CDT 2008

That's a major overkill statement.
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/04/16/448712.aspx
I don't think anyone at MS has recommended moving away from SAN. More to the
point that you can run yours systems on DAS (properly designed of course)
and still have the needed level of performance and reliability while keeping
the costs down as well.

"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:060DDDF1-8214-43D8-9E6B-B08C9B99CD08@microsoft.com...
> Is Microsoft really recommending that customers not use a FC SAN any more?
> I
> am in the 5047 class and out instructor told us Microsoft recenlty
> announced
> something to this effect. Any comments?
> --
> JB

John
Mon Jun 02 14:21:01 CDT 2008

Thanks - that was a helpful article.
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JB


"Martin Blackstone" wrote:

> That's a major overkill statement.
> http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/04/16/448712.aspx
> I don't think anyone at MS has recommended moving away from SAN. More to the
> point that you can run yours systems on DAS (properly designed of course)
> and still have the needed level of performance and reliability while keeping
> the costs down as well.
>
> "John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:060DDDF1-8214-43D8-9E6B-B08C9B99CD08@microsoft.com...
> > Is Microsoft really recommending that customers not use a FC SAN any more?
> > I
> > am in the 5047 class and out instructor told us Microsoft recenlty
> > announced
> > something to this effect. Any comments?
> > --
> > JB
>

Bharat
Mon Jun 02 14:23:41 CDT 2008

Also note, there are a number of partner solutions, including Fiber
Channel-based solutions, in the Microsoft Exchange Solution Reviewed Program
(ESRP).

Exchange Server 2007 Partners: Storage
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/partners/2007/storage.mspx

Microsoft Exchange Solution Reviewed Program (ESRP) â?? Storage v2.0
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/bb412164.aspx
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"John" <John@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:060DDDF1-8214-43D8-9E6B-B08C9B99CD08@microsoft.com...
> Is Microsoft really recommending that customers not use a FC SAN any more?
> I
> am in the 5047 class and out instructor told us Microsoft recenlty
> announced
> something to this effect. Any comments?
> --
> JB