Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:53:05 -0400 From: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> To: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> Cc: jonathan.laventhol@imagination.co.uk, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cheap 1000Gbyte machine Message-ID: <399D7801.7D9B91A4@wmptl.com> References: <200008181745.TAA31494@freebsd.dk>
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Soren Schmidt wrote: > > It seems Jonathan Laventhol wrote: > > Hello Folks -- > > > > Anybody built a file server with approx 1000 Gbyte or more? > > Not yet :) > > > Or even 200 Gbyte? > > Yup, 300G's standing here right next to me... > > > I'm looking for a cheap simple way of doing this. Lots of > > IDE drives? (How many can you have?) Or SCSI? (Again, > > how many can you have?). > > Take 3 or 4 Promise Ultra66/100's and 14 IBM 75G DTLA 307075 > drives and you should be in business, for a very resonable > pricetag. > > -Søren > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message Try AreaSYS electronics, they make an external ATA to SCSI RAID system that operates independant of the O/S. I don't know how it would be in terms of performance, but you might be able to put a few of these devices on to a system, and use vinum/raid of the raid systems, (seeing as how FreeBSD would just see them as giant scsi drives). I believe they do a setup which houses 8 ATA disks, in which case you could get away with more than what you're looking for with just two units. -- Nathan Vidican webmaster@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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