From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 14 12:21:32 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25D1A16A41A; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:21:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5D9213C457; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:21:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id A30342089; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:21:23 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Tests: AWL X-Spam-Learn: disabled X-Spam-Score: -0.1/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on tim.des.no Received: from ds4.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93BD8207E; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:21:23 +0100 (CET) Received: by ds4.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 704688449A; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:21:23 +0100 (CET) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: Ivan Voras References: <475D7866.1070803@hangwithme.com> <475D7D60.4040701@fuckner.net> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:21:23 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Ivan Voras's message of "Wed\, 12 Dec 2007 00\:32\:25 +0100") Message-ID: <86wsrhxy9o.fsf@ds4.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: large disk > 8 TB X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:21:32 -0000 Ivan Voras writes: > You mean 8.5TB. Believe it or not, > > a) You can buy 1 TB drives off the shelf so you need only 8 or 9 of them > to reach that capacity, and 9 drives is a trivially small number in > serious installations. > b) Hardware RAIDs can be useful in some situations because they > automagically handle certain situations like hot-plugging (including > rebuilding) and reporting (audio-visual signs). You want this: http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4500/ 48 hot-swappable disks (though you have to pull the server partly out of the rack to replace a disk, so make sure the mains and network cables have enough play). DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no