From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 28 14:50:44 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 9A9B91065676 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:50:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from valentin.bud@gmail.com) Received: from ey-out-2122.google.com (ey-out-2122.google.com [74.125.78.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CFEC8FC16 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:50:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from valentin.bud@gmail.com) Received: by ey-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 6so598041eyi.7 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:50:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=QWPfm8zlcK3+OFQUBTa9O26Rp+qGu4wDtjeob/SUbf0=; b=PJPaJYrYwY0yrd7Zg7TbaEbQh8N6oiDH0om4vy9B6ufcQTaw1QaNTOIhxsDApNEEnF ziKBOwCULSHgXucJ7mvf8G15G5P7srq/dITFU6Vf1LDk0C2ZUe/jbxttJcykr09T2VxT GFoym0KpaIT6malAcfpygubnsQzZvHwHO9YXE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=F574crKBnFyhTC5p9t6MWHPCHj5CYFuHC3h1pvqCSi+bWhOE2n7HxWNUqruoIblHwI zZxXprc5Ii3kY3msYrjiqeeOljuKZNX+jV+lOfo0EVhVCbVqzHwvhVEPUnjV96nIE+5B aYt/0mz/YrJWaI/ahUtLvkjtm6X1rMq+ge0UU= Received: by 10.210.20.17 with SMTP id 17mr8986055ebt.5.1227883842983; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:50:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.210.117.7 with HTTP; Fri, 28 Nov 2008 06:50:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <139b44430811280650q3f7aa22eifc90ee5a7cfcca57@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:50:42 +0200 From: "Valentin Bud" To: "Beech Rintoul" In-Reply-To: <-6231679136579273975@unknownmsgid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <139b44430811280548x36915301i766bfb15f162c8ca@mail.gmail.com> <-6231679136579273975@unknownmsgid> 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 14:50:44 -0000 On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 4:15 PM, Beech Rintoul wrote: > On Friday 28 November 2008 04:48:45 Valentin Bud wrote: >> 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, > > You're going to need proper cooling regardless. Which is never "silent" If you > can't locate the servers somewhere where fan noise etc won't bother anyone, > several companies make "office quiet" insulated cooled rack enclosures. But > AFAIK they are very pricey. Check on CDW > Of course the proper cooling is essential when we are talking about this kind of data storage capacity. I will have to check out for the cooled insulated rack enclosures you mentioned. thanks, v > Beech > >