> > > The scary thing about this posting is that Joe was able to construct his
> > > 1TB+ filesystem with *ONLY* 37 hard drives.
> >
> > 37? 38. And you, a programmer! ;-) And that gets you 1.9TB (disk mfr
> > counting-wise). I'd have loved to break 2TB but couldn't imagine how to
> > handle the required number of scsi busses without botchery. I could get
> > 1TB with only 20 drives. These _are_ 50GB drives.
>
> An AMI MegaRAID 1500 will give you sixty devices - four LVD channels. At
> 50GB a disk, that's ~3TB from a single card. Or you could go the FC
> route, but that's probably too expensive to be fun.
I was under the impression that there were still device number limits with
the LVD spec. Besides, figuring out how to actually physically set up
more than 9 devices is a pain. The Kingston DS400 will do 9 devices, but
to do more, you then have to have another chassis with only 6 (for example).
Eats up space real quick :-(
... Joe
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