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SSD will be the standard in a few years. It will take over the SAS market. I think know the technology is a little young for most people to use. It is also quite expensive.
Boneprone. ( i know they were for free, just asking)
Were you using SAS drives before? I can't imagine how the right SAS drives wouldnt be able to handle mysql unless you are running multiple DBs and there websites off of one server. Do you have a seperate machine for DBs and Web files? I know most adult scripts arent built for this but it is normal mainstream business this is standard practice practices. How many servers do you have in your farm? Has your host ever come to you about virtualization using shared storage?
as for borked. whoever is charging those prices either stole the servers or plans on having people sign 10 year leases with those prices. I know what those parts cost from distribution at the highest level of dell partnership and it just makes no sense what so ever. Just doesn't add up.
Most SANs these days are just servers built with some custom built OS on them that has software features such as snap shots, deduplication, SAN to SAN replication so on so forth. It doesnt mean you cant reinstall a regular OS on it, but no one in there right mind would do so. The reason why you pay so much for a SAN is for the software. Not the hardware. Dell Equallogics are just Dell servers jammed with disk. It is the OS that people are paying for, instead of building a box themselves.
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