From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 18 11:10: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from chmls06.mediaone.net (chmls06.mediaone.net [24.147.1.144]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3165B37B422 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2000 11:10:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ahp3 (ahp.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.184.250]) by chmls06.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA18543; Fri, 18 Aug 2000 14:09:42 -0400 (EDT) From: "Allen Pulsifer" To: "Soren Schmidt" , "Jonathan Laventhol" Cc: Subject: RE: Cheap 1000Gbyte machine Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 14:09:42 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <200008181745.TAA31494@freebsd.dk> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > Anybody built a file server with approx 1000 Gbyte or more? > 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. Might be doable, but it would probably take a custom cabinet to accomodate the ATA/66 cabling limitations (2 drives per cable with an 18 inch maximum length). And don't forget about heat and vibration... Allen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message