Ben Barrett wrote:
> So memory, I don't give a crap about how slow the disks are, sorry :)
> If anyone in Eugene does have a disk array that can provide 10Gbps,
> please invite me/us over, of course. To the rest of us: yes, good luck
> with those crappy spinny things!! Oh, you got a fancy 15K RPM?
> Well, big deal, but a better choice than driving an overpriced car! ;)
(What is it with you and cars? Should I be expecting some keystroke
grafitti from you? Do you have secret aspirations to drive a
Lamborghini? (-: )
I've measured 75 Mbytes/second sustained sequential reads from the 750
GB SATA Seagates, best case. A box of 20 drives might be able to
saturate one 10 Gig ethernet port. Of course, constructing the system
that connects those 20 drives to one NIC cost-effectively will be a
challenge.
Here's another application that could use that network bandwidth without
needing a disk: a LocalDirector clone -- a box that fronts for a web
server farm and distributes incoming requests to all the cabbages.
All the traffic goes through the front end box w/ minimal processing,
and never touches a disk.
Of course, then all the cabbages would also need a 10Gig NIC, and
*they* wouldn't saturate it.
--
Bob Miller K<bob>
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