On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 9:27 AM, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: > On 01/06/2010 09:35 PM, Boris Epstein wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> 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? > > > I would recommend dont-homebrew. Get a vendor to build you a 3/4U box, > get a couple of quad core cpu's in, and enough ram to do you in-use > buffers. Also dont go over 1 TiB in storage per spindle if you want to > get even relatively reasonable performance ( even when in use as a filer > box ). > > Not long back, I had the chance to do some performance metrics on a dual > Areca-16xx hosted 24x1TiB disk setup - and we tested it for various > loads, running CentOS-5.4/x86_64 and it consistently outperformed the > sun thumper box's, coming in about 1/4th the price. > > The other thing to keep in mind is to estimate and prove the cpu > processing capability and network capability you are going to need out > of this machine and dont skim on that. Dont just get overly focused on > just the hba and disk metrics. > > - KB > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > KB, thanks. When you say "dont go over 1 TiB in storage per spindle" what are you referring to as spindle? Boris.