Most likely it can do the job. This will be SCSI gear and I have terabytes of SCSI disk.
Further more if you are doing video editing you may well find a SCSI is far faster than what we have now. The reason is simple physics... many heads are better than one. A drive can only read and write where the head is. If you have many little drives with many little heads then you can have very high throughput. I had clients who had over 100 2GB SCSI drives in a RAID configuration which was just a file buffer. They were loading data onto an AMPEX D3 as I recall. The tape drive was so fast the disc farm had trouble keeping up. On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 10:35:04PM -0700, Jerry Rukavina wrote: > Even though I don't have the brains, I do have an engineer friend that > knows Linux and he helps me. Before I bring him into the conversation I > just want to know if your gear can do the job. Thanks. > > On 11-03-06 10:25 PM, Daniel Swan wrote: > > If you are unsure, I do not think these are for you. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 22:14:04 -0700 > > From: je...@telus.net > > To: clug-talk@clug.ca > > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Unix workstations for giveaway > > > > Hi, > > I am a Ubuntu user but a techno peasant. I am wanting to set up a file > > server at home, which can be used as a back up system, a spare > > computer and to pipe in TV, internet, play/edit music. Can you > > recommend one of these Newcastly workstations for this? I went to > > Memory Express and priced out a quad core AMD PC with 2 terra drives > > for the job. I have no idea how this compares to the servers. Thanks. > > > > Jerry > > > > On 11-03-06 08:12 PM, Daniel Swan wrote: > > > > AIX Workstation: IBM 43P-140 > > Sun Sparc 5 workstation > > > > Sun Blade 100 Workstation > > HP-UX Workstation: Visualize C360. > > Sun 911 4-disk SCSI JBOD. > > Not quite free: I want a 6pack of Newcastle for each item. > > Pickup in bowness only. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > clug-talk@clug.ca <mailto:clug-talk@clug.ca> > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list > > clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please > > remove these lines when replying > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > clug-talk@clug.ca > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
