Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:20:39 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are thumpers still interesting in 2011 ? (raidz3 on x4500 @ 3.0gbps ...) Message-ID: <iuuvin$7vi$1@dough.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <1309793921.2618.YahooMailRC@web120016.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1309793921.2618.YahooMailRC@web120016.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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On 04/07/2011 17:38, George Sanders wrote: > > > If I understand correctly, the interesting thing about a Sun x4500 (a "thumper") > is that every one of the 48 disks has a direct path to the system board, > allowing for full, independent throughput from every single drive. > > The downside, in 2011, is that it is a SATA2 system @ 3.0gbps. > > So, is this still an interesting system ? Is it still difficult to put together > a system with 48 independent paths to the board, like the Thumper ? It's a bit outdated, but here are the plans for a do-it-yourself slightly scaled down Thumper-like server: http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/
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