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Date:      Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:54:08 +1000
From:      Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org>
To:        Jason Usher <jusher71@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: redux: 48 or 96 sata3 paths ... specific ZFS hardware proposal
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On 2011-Sep-22 10:45:29 -0700, Jason Usher <jusher71@yahoo.com> wrote:
>About the only possible downside I can see to this board is that it
>only takes 192GB of ram, but that is a LOT of ram ...

Not for a 60TB ZFS system with lots (metadata in particular) activity.
Even if you don't think you need 192GB, I suggest you populate the
board with the largest DIMMs you can afford and leave a bank of slots
free so you can fit more RAM in the future.

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Peter Jeremy

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