On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Alan Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Tom Buskey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm constantly running up against users saying disk is cheap. They can >> buy a 1 TB USB drive for $100ish ( $0.10/GB) and wonder why the file server >> has only 200 GB for all 250 users. >> > > So, you just tell them to go get a couple and let you know how it works > out, right? I'm about to order one of these sweet little ditties ( > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132016&cm_re=jbod-_-16-132-016-_-Product) > to put 8 1TB WD Greens in a raid 5, but that's mostly for backups and some > low traffic VMs like a repos mirror. Most access will be ioniced to boot. > I'm pretty much demanding solid state for anything with a significant TPS > report (you get the memo about the new cover sheets for those?). > So, will that card & the PMPs work with OpenSolaris? (I'm not sure PMPs are supported except maybe in the latest developer releases). > > In any case, it has already proven to be a huge improvement over the > 4-drive ReadyNAS boxes I just replaced with the 4 disk setup that is going > to grow into this JBOD. The ReadyNASs were processor bound by nfsd, if you > can imagine a processor that slow. Blah! > Imagine it? I've experienced it. I bought one for emergency space at work. It's about 1/4 the speed and 3x the cost of my home built system. Sometimes you buy things to satisfy a rule, not because it's the right thing. FWIW, a PIII 600 MHz system won't keep up with gigabit either. I think the ReadyNAS is a bit slower then that.
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