On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Boris Epstein borepstein@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Matty matty91@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher christopher.chan@bradbury.edu.hk wrote:
John Doe wrote:
From: Boris Epstein borepstein@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
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Thanks Ryan!
What price range (roughly) are we talking here?
I'm not sure what we paid for our servers (I recommend hardware purchases, and another group inside the company negotiates pricing and places the order), but they are really well engineered machines. There are probably cheaper solutions available, but you get what you pay for.
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