Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:46:19 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Filesystem size limit? Message-ID: <20000216084619.B51972@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <200002152125.NAA00591@mass.cdrom.com>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 01:25:24PM -0800 References: <200002151856.MAA66327@aurora.sol.net> <200002152125.NAA00591@mass.cdrom.com>
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On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 01:25:24PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote:
> > > The scary thing about this posting is that Joe was able to construct his
> > > 1TB+ filesystem with *ONLY* 37 hard drives.
...
> > I think you'll
> > continue to see a move towards some sort of "storage appliance" for various
> > applications, just like the Diablo server is a storage appliance for Usenet
> > articles. It's not exactly a filesystem, but it's similar in that it is a
> > fit-for-purpose model to do the required task.
>
> IMO, this is where SAN comes into the picture. But I just want Fibre
> Fabric working. 8)
If only the FC switches came down in price. And the adapters. I get to play
with this at work, and it is really the road to go. But for now the $$
involved are really substantial.
--
Wilko Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands
WWW : http://www.tcja.nl
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