From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 27 17:18:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1962A1065673 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:18:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BA098FC0A for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:18:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n0RHIehg036218; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:18:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n0RHIdte036217; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:18:39 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:18:39 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200901271718.n0RHIdte036217@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, terry+freebsd-current@tmk.com, Aristedes Maniatis In-Reply-To: <01N4RNVS3TDW00FK2Q@tmk.com> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-current User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:18:41 +0100 (CET) Cc: Subject: Re: Help me select hardware and software options for very large ?server X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, terry+freebsd-current@tmk.com, Aristedes Maniatis List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:18:43 -0000 Terry Kennedy wrote: > [Aristedes Maniatis wrote:] > > [Terry Kennedy wrote:] > > > I think this system may have the most storage ever configured on a > > > FreeBSD system, and it is probably up near the top in terms of CPU and > > > memory. > > > > I doubt it. 8 core systems are very common these days. I've seen > > benchmarking with anything up to 64 cores (which I believe is the > > current FreeBSD limit). As for memory, there was a recent thread with > > someone installing 64Gb also claiming theirs was the biggest, but > > others insisting that it certainly wasn't. As for storage, I know Sun > > sell systems into the petabyte range which I assume these days are > > powered by ZFS. > > > > The above is not to belittle your project; more to reassure you that > > you aren't anywhere near the limits and you should have no troubles if > > you tune things properly. > > Regarding storage, while there are other ZFS deployments (particularly > on Sun equipment) which are a lot larger, I haven't seen any discussion > of pools of this size on FreeBSD. And I have been keeping an eye on the > FreeBSD ZFS discussions. That isn't to say that nobody has one, but if > they do, they're keeping pretty quiet about it... Well, I can tell you that your storage setup is _not_ the largest ever configured on a FreeBSD system. Sometimes there are reasons why you cannot disclose details about your (or your customers') setups. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "C++ is the only current language making COBOL look good." -- Bertrand Meyer