From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 16 0:21:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (osmium.gn.iaf.nl [193.67.144.12]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBF0640C5; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 00:21:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from yedi.iaf.nl (uucp@localhost) by uni4nn.gn.iaf.nl (8.9.2/8.9.2) with UUCP id IAA10741; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:41:50 +0100 (MET) Received: (from wilko@localhost) by yedi.iaf.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA52184; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:46:19 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wilko) Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:46:19 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Mike Smith Cc: Joe Greco , Matthew Dillon , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Filesystem size limit? Message-ID: <20000216084619.B51972@yedi.iaf.nl> References: <200002151856.MAA66327@aurora.sol.net> <200002152125.NAA00591@mass.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200002152125.NAA00591@mass.cdrom.com>; from msmith@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 01:25:24PM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD yedi.iaf.nl 3.4-STABLE FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message