Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:18:39 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, terry+freebsd-current@tmk.com, Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au> Subject: Re: Help me select hardware and software options for very large ?server Message-ID: <200901271718.n0RHIdte036217@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <01N4RNVS3TDW00FK2Q@tmk.com>
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Terry Kennedy wrote: > [Aristedes Maniatis wrote:] > > [Terry Kennedy wrote:] > > > I think this system may have the most storage ever configured on a > > > FreeBSD system, and it is probably up near the top in terms of CPU and > > > memory. > > > > I doubt it. 8 core systems are very common these days. I've seen > > benchmarking with anything up to 64 cores (which I believe is the > > current FreeBSD limit). As for memory, there was a recent thread with > > someone installing 64Gb also claiming theirs was the biggest, but > > others insisting that it certainly wasn't. As for storage, I know Sun > > sell systems into the petabyte range which I assume these days are > > powered by ZFS. > > > > The above is not to belittle your project; more to reassure you that > > you aren't anywhere near the limits and you should have no troubles if > > you tune things properly. > > Regarding storage, while there are other ZFS deployments (particularly > on Sun equipment) which are a lot larger, I haven't seen any discussion > of pools of this size on FreeBSD. And I have been keeping an eye on the > FreeBSD ZFS discussions. That isn't to say that nobody has one, but if > they do, they're keeping pretty quiet about it... Well, I can tell you that your storage setup is _not_ the largest ever configured on a FreeBSD system. Sometimes there are reasons why you cannot disclose details about your (or your customers') setups. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "C++ is the only current language making COBOL look good." -- Bertrand Meyer
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