On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 10:04 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
> I am looking for any recommendations for the best configuation with
> the following:
> 
> (40) dual core AMDs, each have a Raid 1 (2x500gig) and 8 gig of RAM..

They could most certainly be OSSes, although RAID 1 performs well, it is
not as cost effective as RAID 5 or 6.

> (1)  dual processor (2x Quad core processor) with 16 gig of RAM and a
> Raid 6 (16x500gig).

This machine is better suited as an MDS than an OST with the exception
of the disk.  RAID 0 and/or 1 performs better in an MDS than RAID 5/6.

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