Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-07 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
John Doe wrote: > From: Boris Epstein >> This is not directly related to CentOS but still: we are trying to set up >> some storage servers to run under Linux - most likely CentOS. The storage >> volume would be in the range specified: 8-15 TB. Any recommendations as far >> as hardware? > > Dep

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-07 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:34 AM, John Doe wrote: > From: Boris Epstein >>This is not directly related to CentOS but still: we are trying to set up >>some storage servers to run under Linux - most likely CentOS. The storage >>volume would be in the range specified: 8-15 TB. Any recommendations a

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-07 Thread John Doe
From: Boris Epstein >This is not directly related to CentOS but still: we are trying to set up some >storage servers to run under Linux - most likely CentOS. The storage volume >would be in the range specified: 8-15 TB. Any recommendations as far as >hardware? Depends on your budget. Here, we

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-06 Thread earl ramirez
You can have a look at this, I don't know what your budget is like http://www.drobo.com/Products/drobopro/index.php I have a drobo and it worked off the bat with a few linux distros On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:15 PM, James A. Peltier wrote: > On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, Hakan Koseoglu wrote: > > > Seconde

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-06 Thread James A. Peltier
On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, Hakan Koseoglu wrote: > Seconded. Also you can chain a couple of MD1000s at the back of the > MD3000 to get even more storage over SAS. We have a number of those > with the upstream OS installed but usually a single MD3000 is enough > for what we use them for (mainly Oracle DB

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-06 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:50 PM, James A. Peltier wrote: > We use Dell 2950s with an MD3000 or MD1000 depending on OS.  For our > Solaris NAS node we use the MD1000 for CentOS we use the MD3000 because of > the hardware RAID controller.  Gives us 15TB of RAW disk space with 1TB > drives plus room

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-06 Thread James A. Peltier
On Wed, 6 Jan 2010, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > While I have built many, I can tell you that buying a turnkey solution > is *always* worth it if its mission critical. When you piece something > together, you are always in for potential surprises and other caveats. > > Like the rest have stated, I ca

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-06 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Joseph, this is a good point, thanks. > >Primarily we are talking NFS/SSH/SFTP. Also possibly Samba, CIFS. > >Like I said, a storage platform, nothing fancy. While I have built many, I can tell you that buying a turnkey solution is *always* worth it if its mission critical. When you piece somethi

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-06 Thread Keith Keller
On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 04:42:39PM -0500, Max Hetrick wrote: > > If you're looking for something like an all-in-one kind of thing. I > built a server here with a 3Ware drive cage in it. We use it for our > backup server. > > However, I've not kept up to date with what 3Ware offers now, so I'm n

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-06 Thread Adrian Sevcenco
Boris Epstein wrote: > Hello everyone, > > This is not directly related to CentOS but still: we are trying to set > up some storage servers to run under Linux - most likely CentOS. The > storage volume would be in the range specified: 8-15 TB. Any > recommendations as far as hardware? Depends what

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-06 Thread Max Hetrick
Boris Epstein wrote: > Roughly how much space does the appliance provide? And how much did it cost? This one was only configured with 2TB. It and the drives were like 4 grand or something. Of course IBM stuff is expensive, and you can get all sorts of size configurations. I'm currently startin

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-06 Thread Boris Epstein
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Max Hetrick wrote: > Boris Epstein wrote: > >> This is not directly related to CentOS but still: we are trying to set >> up some storage servers to run under Linux - most likely CentOS. The >> storage volume would be in the range specified: 8-15 TB. Any >> recommend

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-06 Thread Max Hetrick
Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> recommendations as far as hardware? > > Giving we have no clue what it is used for no:) Seriously, > it makes all the difference what this is backing, vm's exported > over nfs/iSCSI, samba, etc... Very good point there. If you're looking for something like an all-in-on

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-06 Thread Boris Epstein
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > > > recommendations as far as hardware? > > Giving we have no clue what it is used for no:) Seriously, > it makes all the difference what this is backing, vm's exported > over nfs/iSCSI, samba, etc... > _

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-06 Thread Max Hetrick
Boris Epstein wrote: > This is not directly related to CentOS but still: we are trying to set > up some storage servers to run under Linux - most likely CentOS. The > storage volume would be in the range specified: 8-15 TB. Any > recommendations as far as hardware? Why not just get a SAN appli

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-06 Thread Joseph L. Casale
> recommendations as far as hardware? Giving we have no clue what it is used for no:) Seriously, it makes all the difference what this is backing, vm's exported over nfs/iSCSI, samba, etc... ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.o

[CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

2010-01-06 Thread Boris Epstein
Hello everyone, This is not directly related to CentOS but still: we are trying to set up some storage servers to run under Linux - most likely CentOS. The storage volume would be in the range specified: 8-15 TB. Any recommendations as far as hardware? Thanks. Boris.

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