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Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, gerrit.kuehn@aei.mpg.de
Subject: Re: Are thumpers still interesting in 2011 ? (raidz3 on x4500 @
 3.0gbps ...)
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On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:37:43 +0200 Michael Fuckner <michael@fuckner.net>
wrote about Re: Are thumpers still interesting in 2011 ? (raidz3 on x4500
@ 3.0gbps ...):

MF> if you have so many disks I would recommend a chassis with expander
MF> Backplane (like Supermicro 846E16). You have 4x6GBit to the backplane
MF> which should be enough even if you connect 24 HDD.

I think then I get an SFF8087 lane (or even infiniband, which is even
more expensive) with 24 drives connected and face the same issue: which
controller do I connect this to?


cu
  Gerrit