@DustinB3403 Thanks Dustin! This website is proving to be so useful already. Having being in IT for 7 years I am finally realising the more I learn the more I realise I still have to learn.

@scottalanmiller Thanks for the feedback. My long term goal was to purchase more of these thus providing scale out. RAID 10 is the plan at this scale. I have read a lot of threads with your comments about the different scale out options you use or suggest. Buying 3x servers with 24 disks is a possibility for sure. What would be your suggestion going down the 3 server route?

@DustinB3403 Thanks Dustin! This website is proving to be so useful already. Having being in IT for 7 years I am finally realising the more I learn the more I realise I still have to learn.

@Dashrender Yes i think that SSD for the amount of storage we need is going to be too expensive. I have £39k to spend on the entire solution at this time. This is not to say we won't have more money available later. But I also need to think of backups etc in that same pot of cash.
The bottleneck is the drives they just can't read and write fast enough....

@DustinB3403 Hopefully some answers to your questions.

• I need speed over capacity so had to go for the biggest 10k disk as the budget doesn't allow for 15k.
• It is not configured at the moment but it would consist of a raid controler and 3x expansion units.
• The system has been designed by our technical partner specialists but I am not sure it is the best way forward or meets our needs long term so that is why i am asking for assistance!
• No the system is not virtual.
• I have an old HP P2000 SAN with Near-Line SAS 7k disks that is struggling with the demands. The volume is 30tb.
• I need at least 50 TB to start but I anticipate that to double in a year.

Hope this helps.

@scottalanmiller Thanks for the feedback. My long term goal was to purchase more of these thus providing scale out. RAID 10 is the plan at this scale. I have read a lot of threads with your comments about the different scale out options you use or suggest. Buying 3x servers with 24 disks is a possibility for sure. What would be your suggestion going down the 3 server route?