From: Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> > 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. I also heard that disks above 1TB might have reliability issues. Maybe it changed since then... JD