On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Matty <matty91@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks Ryan!
What price range (roughly) are we talking here?
Boris.
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Chan Chung Hang ChristopherWe have a bunch of X4540 Netbackup media servers running Solaris 10 +
<christopher.chan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John Doe wrote:
>> From: Boris Epstein <borepstein@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> 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 use HP DL180 servers (12 x 1TB disks in 2U)...
>> You can also check Sun Fire X**** servers; up to 48 x 1TB in 4U...
>>
>
> Somebody said something about Sun servers being pricey and that quality
> was going downhill...something about cheap controllers...any comments on
> this?
ZFS. While I can't comment on all of the controllers Sun uses, the
SATA chipset / controllers in the 4540 seem to be pretty solid so far
(our backup servers process 20TB+ of data each day).
- Ryan
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Thanks Ryan!
What price range (roughly) are we talking here?
Boris.
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