Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:52:10 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Cc: Jason Usher <jusher71@yahoo.com>, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS obn FreeBSD hardware model for 48 or 96 sata3 paths... Message-ID: <20110920075210.GA8194@icarus.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <4E77E8D6.1050108@freebsd.org> References: <72A6ABD6-F6FD-4563-AB3F-6061E3DD9FBF@digsys.bg> <1316458811.88701.YahooMailClassic@web121208.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <20110919223653.0000702b@unknown> <4E77E8D6.1050108@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 06:13:58PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > jason, you still haven't said what the reason for all this is.. > speed, capacity, both or some other reason.. > (or if you did, I missed it). While in my case I'm still trying to figure out Jason's actual goal. I get the feeling it's an attempt at avoiding use of, say, a Netapp filer (read: dedicated hardware and software on a device built to do and scale to the degree the OP wants) and the reasons are unknown. I'm also dreading all of the support mails on the list we'd see 2-3 months after such a beast was built. "It works!!!" followed by 2-3 months of silence, then "Hi, I have a problem <insert gigantic technical ordeal that touches on 6 different subsystems/pieces of FreeBSD and cannot easily be solved>". The closest pre-built thing I can find to a white-box system would be iXSystems' Titan 445J, but the *actual hardware* used in the storage subsystem are unknown, ditto with tons of specification details: http://www.ixsystems.com/ix/storage/titan-jbod/titan-445j This comes no where near what the OP stated he wants though, in numerous regards. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, US | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP 4BD6C0CB |
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