On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 11:06:10AM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
On 1/8/2010 10:09 AM, nate wrote:
m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Dunno why you say that. Lessee, both google and maybe amazon run Linux; meanwhile, AT&T, where I worked for a couple of years, Trustwave, a root CA that I worked for earlier this year, and here at the US NIH, we run Linux.
Since this is a storage thread.. back in 2004 I was told by an EMC rep that the Symmetrix ran linux(at least at the time, probably still does), up to 64 controllers or something. While at least at the time their lower end Clariion arrays ran windows.
My own 3PAR array which manages hundreds of terrabytes runs Debian, and their low end boxes(had a 9TB system at my last company) ran Debian as well.
A lot of network equipment(SAN+LAN+WAN) these days runs Linux as well.
In most cases though linux is used as a control interface, most of these products don't route data through the OS(less efficient).
Lastly if your thinking about ZFS check this post out I found it pretty interesting:
http://www.mail-archive.com/zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org/msg18898.html
These things are a little out of my league, but people in some other parts of the company seem to like them: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/xiv/index.html I think the idea is that you get a rack full of drives to start and pay more as you use the space.
Out of curiosity, any idea what a full cabinet of one of these runs?
The product page doesn't seem to really describe the pricing strategy you mention though... sounds intriguing and I know Red Hat began using XIV storage (mentioned at Summit).
Ray