Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 12:06:08 -0500 From: "Francisco Reyes" <fran@reyes.somos.net> To: "Hudson, Henrik H." <hhudson@eschelon.com> Cc: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Fire-wire/fiber/SCSI? Message-ID: <200101081725.MAA64816@sanson.reyes.somos.net> In-Reply-To: <C1781C38F13DA040848FEFAD07311B10459813@walleye.corp.fishnet.com>
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On Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:05:48 -0600, Hudson, Henrik H. wrote: >This will be transferring large files. Some ranging in the GB range for a >single file. How do the files get to the main machine? will most of the work be writting or reading off this box? >He (we) are trying to figure out if using a Netapp connected via: > A) SCSI to single box is better > B) Firewire connected to a single box or multiple will work > C) Gigabit Eithernet to multiple boxes or single I don't see what a Netapp would do for you. How about getting an external SCSI160 enclosure with Cheeta's X15 HDs on a switched Gigabit network. The only problem with the X15's is that they are only 18G which can be a problem in terms of how many you may need. They are, however, the fastest drives on the block at 15,000RPM. A good configuration for the drives would be Raid 0+1, but that is expensive. If mostly apps will be reading of the drive then Raid 5 may do the trick. Why don't you write to David Greenman(?), FreeBSD's main architect. He builds high performance boxes. I think the URL for his company is http://www.terrasolutions.com He ought to be able to configure a good setup and may even be able to configure the kernel for you so it screams. :-) If redundancy is a high priority you can get an external box with dual channel. FreeBSD will not be able to have two machines connected to it at the same time, but at the touch of a button you can switch to a second machine also attached to the external box. Good luck. francisco Moderator of the Corporate BSD list http://www.egroups.com/group/BSD_Corporate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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