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Date:      Fri, 18 Aug 2000 14:09:42 -0400
From:      "Allen Pulsifer" <pulsifer@mediaone.net>
To:        "Soren Schmidt" <sos@freebsd.dk>, "Jonathan Laventhol" <jonathan.laventhol@imagination.co.uk>
Cc:        <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Cheap 1000Gbyte machine
Message-ID:  <NBBBJNDFEKPEHPFCLNLHIEJPHNAA.pulsifer@mediaone.net>
In-Reply-To: <200008181745.TAA31494@freebsd.dk>

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> > Anybody built a file server with approx 1000 Gbyte or more?

> Take 3 or 4 Promise Ultra66/100's and 14 IBM 75G DTLA 307075
> drives and you should be in business, for a very resonable
> pricetag.

Might be doable, but it would probably take a custom cabinet to accomodate
the ATA/66 cabling limitations (2 drives per cable with an 18 inch maximum
length).  And don't forget about heat and vibration...

Allen


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