Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:57:48 -0400 From: Robert Sexton <robert@kudra.com> To: Jonathan Laventhol <jonathan.laventhol@imagination.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cheap 1000Gbyte machine Message-ID: <20000818155748.A42398@tabby.kudra.com> In-Reply-To: <399D6F59.B8E44A53@imagination.com>; from Jonathan Laventhol on Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 06:16:09PM %2B0100 References: <399D6F59.B8E44A53@imagination.com>
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On Fri, Aug 18, 2000 at 06:16:09PM +0100, Jonathan Laventhol wrote: > Hello Folks -- > > Anybody built a file server with approx 1000 Gbyte or more? > Or even 200 Gbyte? Joe Greco did this for a news machine last year. He used several wide SCSI controllers, and a bunch of 36G drives, if I recall correctly. > 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?). Good, Fast, or Cheap. Pick any two :-) I'd suggest two Symbios based LVD SCSI Cards. Up to 14 drives per chain, with very reasonable cabling limitations. Can IDE drives release the bus during seeks? Historically thats been the big advantage of SCSI: Two IDE drives are no faster than one IDE drive, while SCSI scales in performance. -- Robert Sexton - robert@kudra.com, Cincinnati OH, USA Anarchy: It's not the Law, It's just a good Idea. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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