Christopher Chan schrieb: >> cause when I did - the x45xx's/zfs were between 18 to 20% slower on disk >> i/o alone compared with a supermicro box with dual areca 1220/xfs. >> >> the thumpers make for decent backup or vtl type roles, not so much for >> online high density storage. >> > > > Speaking of thumpers and Supermicro, it looks like Supermicro has a very > close answer to the thumper. > > http://www.supermicro.com/storage/ > > The SC847 has an existing configuration that goes up to 36disks and > another that will go up to 45 in 4U of space although the 45 disk case > does not seem to have a page just yet. > _ " Maximum 3.5" hot-swap drives density 36x (24 front + 12 rear) HDD bays" http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/847/SC847A-R1400.cfm Did anybody else think "WTF?" when you saw that picture? I have seen crazy stuff, but that one is pretty high-up on the list.... Doesn't that make cooling problematic? Rainer