You may find this interesting ;) http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Drew<drew.kay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I've dealt with IBM xSeries boxes. The normal tower chassis can house >> 8 disks only. I don't know how you're gonna squeeze more disks into >> it! > > Not planning to. :-) > > One option I was looking at was something along the lines of Addonic's > "Storage Rack" with 5SA hotswap trays for the disks. The box can > handle up to 15 disks over one SATA multilane card though the use of 3 > PMs internally. With that example I'd be using a PCI-X/133 card. > > > -- > Drew > > "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." > --Marie Curie > -- Majed B. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
