On 01/07/2010 02:30 PM, Boris Epstein wrote: > KB, thanks. When you say "dont go over 1 TiB in storage per spindle" > what are you referring to as spindle? disk. it boils down to how much data do you want to put under one read/write stream. the other thing is that these days 1.5TB disks are the best bang-for-the-buck in terms of storage/cost. So maybe thats something to consider, and limit disk usage down initially - expand later as you need. Even better if your hba can support that, if not then mdadm ( have lots of cpu right ? ), and make sure you understand recarving / reshaping before you do the final design. Refactoring filers with large quantities of data is no fun if you cant reshape and grow. - KB