On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote: > John Doe wrote: >> From: Boris Epstein <borepstein at 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 -- http://prefetch.net