From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 13:59:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D462E106567C for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:59:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Johan@double-l.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75F688FC18 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:59:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Johan@double-l.nl) Received: from w2003s01.double-l.local (double-l.xs4all.nl [80.126.205.144]) by smtp-vbr6.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id mASDxig5039538; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:59:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Johan@double-l.nl) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:59:45 +0100 Message-ID: <57200BF94E69E54880C9BB1AF714BBCB5DE2FF@w2003s01.double-l.local> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: 5 TB server Thread-Index: AclRYJfxnNbEnsViQHG+KB6OBsQwlgAAAZ7g References: <139b44430811280548x36915301i766bfb15f162c8ca@mail.gmail.com> From: "Johan Hendriks" To: "Valentin Bud" X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: 5 TB server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:59:46 -0000 >Onderwerp: 5 TB server >Hello community, > I have to come up with a solution for a company that has as we speak >4 TB of data spread among 3 computers with lots of HDDs. Of course >i've recommend >them to buy a server for that storage capacity and for data = organization. > I thought of going on the ZFS way (on FreeBSD of course) with some >raidz. One of the problems >is that the server will stay in their office so it has to be quite = silent. > I honestly don't know what hardware to look for so if you have any = >suggestions >i'm more than open to hear them. >a great day, Well if you mean a lot of disk then you mean a lot of heat, and with = that comes good cooling and with that comes fans and most of them when = running at full speed will give you some noise. I have some HP Proliants running but those are no fun under your desk = even if the fans are running at a lower level. So it is better to put the server in a separate room with proper cooling = or else you are surely going to get hit with faulty hardware because of = the heat. In short a server needs cooling and most cooling gives noise, that is = just the way it is. Regards, Johan Hendriks No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com=20 Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.11/1816 - Release Date: = 27-11-2008 19:53