Doing some more research Backblaze - the stories in c0t0d0s0.org are by a Sun storage engineer, and have a different perspective on storage servers.
It looks like the current version use RAID6, with LVM, and ext4 file system. The boot drive is 2 smaller hardware mirrored drives just for swap and most of the storage for the server. The box is a custom box, and Backblaze The drives the article said they use are Hitachi Deskstar 5K3000 HDS5C3030ALA630 - some 3G desktop, 7200RPM but lower powered drives. Backblaze suggest ONLY using drives with 3 to 5 year replacement warranty, because they WILL FAIL eventually. Keep spares around. http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/25/fallout-of-the-backblaze-storage-pod-post/ -- old version http://blog.backblaze.com/2011/07/20/petabytes-on-a-budget-v2-0revealing-more-secrets/ http://www.c0t0d0s0.org/archives/5899-Some-perspective-to-this-DIY-storage-server-mentioned-at-Storagemojo.html http://www.c0t0d0s0.org/archives/5906-Thoughts-about-this-DIY-Thumper-and-storage-in-general.html Still haven't figured out what software they are really using for either their server or client. Still, could probably use something like the turnkey linux backup server image. ><> ... Jack Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23 "You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people." — Admiral Grace Hopper, USN "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate" - Henry J. Tillman "Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
