From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 29 15:39:41 2009 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 4E8A5106566B for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:39:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpeel@thenetnow.com) Received: from thenetnow.com (constellation.thenetnow.com [207.112.4.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 202058FC19 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:39:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hpeel.ody.ca ([216.240.12.2]:4135 helo=GRANT) by constellation.thenetnow.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Msenj-000Mgv-D1 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:39:39 -0400 Message-ID: From: "Grant Peel" To: Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:39:31 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Netwroked Storage 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: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:39:41 -0000 Hi all, For the past few months I have been researching methods to create a = storage enclosure, perferably with out spending many 10s of k's of $'s. The intent here is to connect about 10 Web servers, each of them hosting = about 200 domains, to a central storage system to house users home = directories. I am still looking for feedback regarding what level of hardware ( how = much RAM , cpu bus speed etc) people might be using for a similar setup. The end idea is to lead FreeBSD on the storage system, create one huge = /home directory, export it via NFS and share that on all the Web = machines. It might be worth noting that the Web machines host a full array of = software, i.e. Mail, Web, MySQL, PHP etc. Does anyone use a similar setup? What kind of I/O bottlenecks are = created? Any feedback would be welcome. -Grant