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       * He said he'd support us building our own, but gave us tips to talk to Tor at ICRAF (GIS, MySQL, Drobo), and to consider Dell Equalogic for storage       * He said he'd support us building our own, but gave us tips to talk to Tor at ICRAF (GIS, MySQL, Drobo), and to consider Dell Equalogic for storage
       * Another point was that we could possibly buy storage from KENET (to sync off site), or maybe colocate a box there       * Another point was that we could possibly buy storage from KENET (to sync off site), or maybe colocate a box there
 +  * **July 10, 2012**:
 +    * GK from Techno Associates called again with a new offer for a single-site, single-controller NetApp solution:
 +      * He said he can give us 12TB raw for $9,000, or 24TB for $11,000 (one controller only, excludes pricing for replication licenses)
 +  * **July 22, 2012**:
 +    * Begin compiling report about current situation, options, and recommendations
 +      * https://docs.google.com/document/d/123VL6l5xt1AspzqTaW2tpJ_XFUZGDIXUCsaFK2_EwUY/edit#
 +  * **July 23, 2012**:
 +    * George Ogoti provided us with an iSCSI target on their NetApp so we can test configuration and performance, but we're still waiting for a password to auto to the iSCSI.
  
 ===== Proposed NetApp architecture ===== ===== Proposed NetApp architecture =====
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