Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 08:38:41 -0700 (PDT) From: George Sanders <gosand1982@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Are thumpers still interesting in 2011 ? (raidz3 on x4500 @ 3.0gbps ...) Message-ID: <1309793921.2618.YahooMailRC@web120016.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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If I understand correctly, the interesting thing about a Sun x4500 (a "thumper") is that every one of the 48 disks has a direct path to the system board, allowing for full, independent throughput from every single drive. The downside, in 2011, is that it is a SATA2 system @ 3.0gbps. So, is this still an interesting system ? Is it still difficult to put together a system with 48 independent paths to the board, like the Thumper ? Assuming a raidZ3 configuration, does that drive independence help me more than being stuck at 3.0gbps hurts me ? Or would a "modern" system with a more typical drive contention scheme, but running at 6.0gbps, be superior ? Just curious ...
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