Hi all -
I'm curious if any of you are running Dell's rebranded EMC CX line of
storage enclosures and if so, what your experiences with them have been.

Also, any experiences with their Fibre Channel offerings would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks.

-MB

I was one of their earliest customers shortly after they announced the deal.
I started with one CX-600 and ended up with two CX-600s and a CX-700. There
were some early support issues, especially with escalation to EMC, but those
got ironed out long ago. The biggest difference is in deployment. EMC
builds the system in their factory then disasembles it for shipping. Dell
does a "dock merge". That is, the first time the components see each other
is at your location. They also do a minimum of engineering design work on
the deployment. EMC or Unisys sells the same gear for higher prices, but
they do include a lot of "soft smarts" with the systems. I would purchase
and recommend a Dell CX system, but then again, I have a fair amount of
experience and don't need the extra engineering design support. If you are
just starting out with a SAN, you may want to go with a higher priced
vendor that holds your hand a lot more. EIther way, the hardware is good
stuff.

Geoff N. Hiten


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