"The only part i don't like is the access to the drives is on top. Of course to fit that many drives in, that was the only option.
There hardware setup isn't new. This is almost exactly what CoRAID does. The difference is its nearly double the drives that CoRAID offers." Access to the drives from the top is also what Sun did with the X4500 series. This is actually a nice way to get to the drives from my experience. The only change that I would have made would have been to lower the bracket holding the drives in place. Chris... On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Dino K<[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting choice of JFS... looks like a kernel module + userspace > utility, so does that make it hybrid userspace filesystem?? I guess speed > is not totally important when it comes to cloud storage. > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Chris Louden <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 67 terabyte 4U servers for $7,867 >> >> >> http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ >> >> >> -Chris >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
