On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Matty <matt...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher > <christopher.c...@bradbury.edu.hk> wrote: > > John Doe wrote: > >> From: Boris Epstein <borepst...@gmail.com> > >>> 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? > > We have a bunch of X4540 Netbackup media servers running Solaris 10 + > 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 > -- > http://prefetch.net > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
Thanks Ryan! What price range (roughly) are we talking here? Boris.
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