4) Depends on a) will you deploy LSFS or FLAT containers with StarWind and b) if LSFS how well dedupe will work on increments. In general something between 10 and 100 megabits should be fine. But it's VERY approximate. I'm still new to SAN, what would the difference be with LSFS and Flat containers?

Thanks for the input. 1. Sounds good. With a single controller, I'd still need SAS drives, and a 1tb 7200 sas (smallest on dell's site at the moment) is 243.54 where as the 15k 300gb is 287.10 so I figured why not. This can be adjusted later. 2. Sounds good. 3. Native SAN sounds like the way to go. ...

Hello. A little background on my situation. I was doing IT consulting for small business with a consulting firm working with basic level stuff. Anything from workstation to basic servers. I'm now in a roll as the single IT administrator for a small credit union. When I arrived, they had just install...