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Date:      Sat, 12 May 2007 20:40:36 +0200
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?utf-8?Q?Sm=C3=B8rgrav?=)
To:        Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Hardware support
Message-ID:  <86646x51i3.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20070511125241.O3724@ngaio.unixathome.org> (Dan Langille's message of "Fri\, 11 May 2007 12\:53\:55 -0400 \(EDT\)")
References:  <20070511125241.O3724@ngaio.unixathome.org>

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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.

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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