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RobertB
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Posted - 06/07/2012 :  5:28:08 PM  Show Profile  Visit RobertB's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi all,

I figured someone here would be able to shed some light on the topic. I ahve a CX3-10 with 300 and 600 GB FC drives. The 300 Gb drives go back to 2007 and the 600's are about 1 year old. My question is how long do FC drives typically last and how long should i trust important data to the CX3-10 in general? This is the first FC array I have ever worked with.

NMDANGE
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Posted - 06/08/2012 :  12:19:49 AM  Show Profile  Visit NMDANGE's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I still have an EMC CX300 and CX500 in service, as well as a CX3-20. We get replacement drives/parts for the CX300 and CX500 from a third party. CX3-20 is supported from Dell. The CX500 and CX300 are quite a bit older that the 3-20, and they are still going strong.

The drives last just as long as any other type of drive in a RAID array. Really they are SCSI/SAS drives with a different plug (so they can charge you a lot more $$$ for the same thing.)

I would trust it just fine... as long as you have a couple hotspares, e-mail alerts so you know when a drive goes bad, and some place to get replacement drives from. But I'd say that about any storage array.
Michael D'Angelo
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RobertB
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Posted - 06/08/2012 :  11:05:53 AM  Show Profile  Visit RobertB's Homepage  Reply with Quote
OK that is what I thought, just figured someone out there would have tried this already. Thanks for the info.
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wobble_wobble
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Posted - 06/08/2012 :  5:32:02 PM  Show Profile  Visit wobble_wobble's Homepage  Look at the Skype address for wobble_wobble  Reply with Quote
We have an AX still bashing away.

As Micheal said, have a few spares and a cache battery.
Joe

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