Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 09:31:00 -0600 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Dell PowerEdge with large storage array? Message-ID: <422C73B4.1030700@scls.lib.wi.us>
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I would like to hear from anyone using Dell PE servers (e.g. PE 2650 or larger/newer) with any kind of Dell or non-Dell external storage (SAN, NAS or other) with FreeBSD 5.X. What works well? What doesn't? Dell Fibre Channel AX100? PowerVault 7XX? Other? We've used FreeBSD 4.x on a wide variety of hardware, and more recently have been planning a 5.4 migration on our older Dell servers (PE2650 and lower), but only using the built-in PERC RAID stuff with less than 100 GB per box. We can see a need for at least a terabyte of storage (possibly more) coming around the bend, and of course I would prefer that FreeBSD be the custodian of the storage system. Speed is important, but reliability much more so. Any pointers would be much appreciated, thanks. -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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