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Date:      Thu, 27 Apr 2000 10:16:52 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
Cc:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, "John W. DeBoskey" <jwd@unx.sas.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Support for large mfs 
Message-ID:  <200004271716.KAA08417@mass.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 27 Apr 2000 18:52:47 %2B0200." <v04220815b52e1ede90ac@[195.238.1.121]> 

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> 	I'm seriously contemplating getting a Dell PowerEdge 2450 with 
> five internal 10kRPM/18GB disks, 2GB of RAM, two of the fastest 
> processors they've got, perhaps a pair of Intel EtherExpress Pro 100+ 
> NICs, and giving this another go with FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE.

I would consider 4.0, several (three or four) strings of LVD disks and 
either a Mylex eXtremeRAID 1100 (64MB or more) or an AMI MegaRAID 
Enterprise 1500.  (The 1600 should probably work too, but I haven't seen 
one yet so I can't be sure.)  And definitely softupdates.

Note that you can't put more than 8 disks into an array with the Mylex 
controller (easily), so you'd still want to use ccd or vinum over the top.

-- 
\\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\  Mike Smith
\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime.             \\  msmith@cdrom.com




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