Michael,

Regarding the Scalar 100, it DOES have those options:

Also, as others have pointed out, ADIC does have an trade-in
policy, so you could get some value by upgrading to a newer model
library.

I would recommend that you get quotes for:

- upgrading the Scalar 100 to FC or iSCSI

- trading in the Scalar 100 and upgrading to say the i500 from ADIC

- cost of a new implementation for a competing solution

That would then give you the most info to evaluate how
you want to proceed.

Rodney

michael brooks wrote:

I cannot diagree, at least 100%. One of the problems is that the Scalar
100 is reaching EOL and that scares our management. Another is that the
Scalar 100 has one type of connection: SCSI. We need flexibility in how
we can interface with the library, specifically, connectivity to the
SANs; FibreChannel and iSCSI, would be nice to have those support
options for connectivity.


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