Hi,
we are going to buy a new 10GBit PS4210X Storage.
We currently have a PS5000, a PS4000E and a PS6100X with 1Gbit Interfaces in the same network. All have their own group. The new one will be in its own group too.
The network is a ring (one trunk is open through spanning tree protocol) with 4 Dell Powerconnect 52XX GBit switches (2x24, 2x48). 2 switches with 2 arrays and 2 servers in one room, 2 with 1 and 2 in another room.
The switches have still 1-2 years maintenance...
As I know the new storage can still run on GBit until we go to 10GBit on the network.
1. Which Dell or HP 10Gbit switches would you consider for the new network?
2. Is it possible to buy 10Gbit switches and use booth 1gbit and 10gbit Clients on this switches at the same time?
3. Would you mix the traffic on the physical network with VLANs for your production traffic, or would you still dedicate the whole network for SAN traffic?
Any other considerations?
Thanks.