On 1/7/2010 9:30 AM, Boris Epstein wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > per HDD