[CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

[Rainer Duffner]

Christopher Chan schrieb:
>> cause when I did - the x45xx's/zfs were between 18 to 20% slower on disk 
>> i/o alone compared with a supermicro box with dual areca 1220/xfs.
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>> the thumpers make for decent backup or vtl type roles, not so much for 
>> online high density storage.
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> Speaking of thumpers and Supermicro, it looks like Supermicro has a very 
> close answer to the thumper.
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> http://www.supermicro.com/storage/
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> The SC847 has an existing configuration that goes up to 36disks and 
> another that will go up to 45 in 4U of space although the 45 disk case 
> does not seem to have a page just yet.
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" Maximum 3.5" hot-swap drives density 36x (24 front + 12 rear) HDD bays"

http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/847/SC847A-R1400.cfm

Did anybody else think "WTF?" when you saw that picture?

I have seen crazy stuff, but that one is pretty high-up on the list....

Doesn't that make cooling problematic?



Rainer