Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:41:52 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: freebsd@penx.com Cc: tundra@tundraware.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Very large swap Message-ID: <4e999bb0.Vauj8jk4WeCO/kEJ%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110141647030.27991@Elmer.dco.penx.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110132256080.3996@Elmer.dco.penx.com> <4E9866CF.6010209@gmx.com> <4E98707F.3070202@tundraware.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1110141647030.27991@Elmer.dco.penx.com>
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Dennis Glatting <freebsd@penx.com> wrote: > This is a proof-of-concept project ... > I am doing it on the cheap ... > > I have committed to the project five machines. Three run over > clocked Phenom II x6 processors with 16GB of RAM, 1TB disk for > the OS, 1TB disk for Junk, and a 3-2TB disk RAIDz array ... > These machines are liquid cooled ... > > A data manipulation server is running an i7 x4 with 24GB of fast > RAM. It has 12 2TB disks, 2 1TB disks (OS), plus a few SSDs ... > > A repository server is an i7 x6 3.3GHz with 24GB of RAM, several > volumes, two of which are RAIDz, SSDs, and other junk ... If that's "on the cheap", I shudder to think what would be considered "expensive". I've seen a whole server room with less horsepower and disk than that.
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