[RndTbl] leasing storage on-site

[Robert Keizer]

Daemon defense comes to mind. I'd ask them if I was in your position.
On Jun 11, 2015 14:05, "Grigory Shamov" <Grigory.Shamov at umanitoba.ca> wrote:

>  NFS or something else that can be mounted from a Linux box. Two weeks to
> a month.
> I guess some difference is that buying storage is "capital" expense,
> leasing can be with some stretch called "repair".
>
>   --
> Grigory Shamov
>
>
>   From: Adam Thompson <athompso at athompso.net>
> Reply-To: Continuation of Round Table discussion <roundtable at muug.mb.ca>
> Date: Thursday, 11 June, 2015 1:29 PM
> To: MUUG Roundtable <roundtable at muug.mb.ca>
> Subject: Re: [RndTbl] leasing storage on-site
>
>   No-one local that I know of, no.
> I can’t even think of anyone who’d be able to do that for you… the leasing
> costs would almost be as much as the purchase cost!
> Do you need SAS, FC, iSCSI, NFS, SMB, or what?  That makes a difference.
>
>  The problem is that even dedicated storage vendors don’t have gear like
> that sitting ready to go even for resale, never mind leasing… the NPV (or
> depreciation, if you prefer) curve on storage is far too extreme to take
> that chance.
>
>  How short is short-term?
>
>  --
> -Adam Thompson
>  athompso at athompso.net
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>   *From:* Grigory Shamov <Grigory.Shamov at umanitoba.ca>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 11, 2015 13:29
> *To:* MUUG Roundtable <roundtable at muug.mb.ca>
>
>  Hi All,
>
> Do you know if it is possible to short-term lease storage on-site, in
> Winnipeg? Like having someone to bring in an appliance (about 100TB
> capacity) with a decent connection (10GigE at least) to attach directly to
> a system, for a short time.
>
> --
> Grigory Shamov
>
> Westgrid/ComputeCanada Site Lead
> University of Manitoba
> E2-588 EITC Building,
> (204) 474-9625
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