Lefthand support forum versus EqualLogic support forum

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Storage-Area-Networks-SAN/bd-p/bsc-257

http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Dell+Storage+Forum+-+EqualLogic+User+Group

This one makes me a little leary of LeftHand

http://lewanps.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/hp-lefthand-networks-new-patch-to-address-raid-controller-issues/

http://lewanps.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/easy-ftp-links-to-hp-lefthand-networks-software-and-code/

Spiceworks EqualLogic versus LeftHand thread

This is a thread where I asked for whether people would choose EqualLogic or LeftHand

http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/72924

It's pretty interesting!

ESRP Equallogic Versus Lefthand

Not a completely Apples to Apples comparison and I haven't had time to dive in but here is a LeftHand ESRP document

http://sites.google.com/site/mellerbeck/Home/ESRPLeftHand_saniq_50000_user_exchange2007_091707.pdf?attredirects=0

And an equallogic ESRP doc

http://sites.google.com/site/mellerbeck/Home/ESRP-EqualLogic-PS5000XV-90000-Users..pdf?attredirects=0

Of course as this post mentions, ESRP reports are not really meant to compare systems.

http://blogs.netapp.com/shadeofblue/2008/10/lumpy-dell-and.html

What does InfoWorld think

I just thought these posts were interesting. Written by two different authors, the first on EqualLogic (In 2007) scored


Article here http://www.infoworld.com/t/storage/equallogics-iscsi-san-hits-storage-management-high-notes-567?page=0,1
The author highlights the speed of the box some of the speed coming from the high performance SAS drives and the rest coming from the 'enormous 2GB battery-backed cache'

Also highlights the extreme ease of use.

The other article (written in 2007) scored

Article is here http://www.infoworld.com/t/hardware/lefthand-boosts-its-saniq-563

Author points out that lefthand is a clustered storage that can run proprietary hardware as well as HP servers (I'm pretty sure other servers as well)

Flexibility jumped as a clear differentiator.

LeftHands thin provisioning of snapshots (only copying the delta)

Size of company comparison and other triva facts

Lefthand was founded in 1999 and had 200 some employees located in bolder CO, before it was acquired by HP on December 1,2008 for $360 million in cash, subject to certain purchase price adjustments. It had 215 employees and more than 500 resellers and distributors worldwide. The company had more than 11,000 installations across 3,000 different customers.

Equallogic on the other company was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire. Had 384 employees and as of January 25, 2008, EqualLogic, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Dell Inc. it was purchased for 1.4 billion.

This post questions how many customers lefthand really had

http://thesantechnologist.com/?p=41

But if you were to base your decision on purchase price alone, Equallogic was valued much higher than Lefthand. It makes you wonder....