From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 12 19:31:02 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 705FB16A403 for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 19:31:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt@iXsystems.com) Received: from nlpi043.sbcis.sbc.com (nlpi043.sbcis.sbc.com [207.115.36.72]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F43713C455 for ; Sat, 12 May 2007 19:31:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt@iXsystems.com) X-ORBL: [69.230.97.113] Received: from [192.168.1.72] (adsl-69-230-97-113.dsl.scrm01.pacbell.net [69.230.97.113]) by nlpi043.sbcis.sbc.com (8.13.8 out.dk.spool/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4CJJtM3010176; Sat, 12 May 2007 14:19:56 -0500 Message-ID: <46461376.7070705@iXsystems.com> Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 12:20:22 -0700 From: Matt Olander User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyBTbcO4cmdyYXY=?= References: <20070511125241.O3724@ngaio.unixathome.org> <86646x51i3.fsf@dwp.des.no> In-Reply-To: <86646x51i3.fsf@dwp.des.no> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware support X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 19:31:02 -0000 Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Dan Langille writes: > >> My work (yes, Im now employed) is looking at deploying servers to >> client sites. They arent so much servers as appliances. The boxes >> serve a distinct function, and not much else. >> >> Our hardware needs: >> between 2TB and 8TB of storage in a RAID configuration >> 1U or 2U case >> good reputation >> > > Sounds like you need a SunFire X4500, except they're 4U. I'm not sure > you can get 8 TB into 2U with today's hardware; you'd need at least 16 > data disks, plus parity and spares, say 20 altogether. The most I've > ever seen in a 2U case is 8. > I'm partial to our solutions. Here's a 2U with 12 bays that takes 750GB SATA: http://www.ixsystems.com/storageNAS.php* *Dan, I'm sure we sell the system as a stand-alone solution, without the management software. -matt * * -- Matt Olander CTO, iXsystems - "Servers for Open Source" http://www.iXsystems.com Public Relations, The FreeBSD Project http://www.FreeBSD.org BSD on the Desktop! http://www.pcbsd.org Phone: (408)943-4100 ext. 113 Fax: (408)943-4101