Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 12:20:22 -0700 From: Matt Olander <matt@iXsystems.com> To: =?UTF-8?B?RGFnLUVybGluZyBTbcO4cmdyYXY=?= <des@des.no> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware support Message-ID: <46461376.7070705@iXsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <86646x51i3.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <20070511125241.O3724@ngaio.unixathome.org> <86646x51i3.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> writes: > >> My work (yes, Im now employed) is looking at deploying servers to >> client sites. They arent so much servers as appliances. The boxes >> serve a distinct function, and not much else. >> >> Our hardware needs: >> between 2TB and 8TB of storage in a RAID configuration >> 1U or 2U case >> good reputation >> > > Sounds like you need a SunFire X4500, except they're 4U. I'm not sure > you can get 8 TB into 2U with today's hardware; you'd need at least 16 > data disks, plus parity and spares, say 20 altogether. The most I've > ever seen in a 2U case is 8. > I'm partial to our solutions. Here's a 2U with 12 bays that takes 750GB SATA: http://www.ixsystems.com/storageNAS.php* *Dan, I'm sure we sell the system as a stand-alone solution, without the management software. -matt * * -- Matt Olander CTO, iXsystems - "Servers for Open Source" http://www.iXsystems.com Public Relations, The FreeBSD Project http://www.FreeBSD.org BSD on the Desktop! http://www.pcbsd.org Phone: (408)943-4100 ext. 113 Fax: (408)943-4101
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