On 6/29/10, Chan Chung Hang Christopher <christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote: > Define cheap. Like these...er...hmm...creative chums here? > > http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/ > > Or how about 7850USD for a 4U, 36 bay ( loaded with 12 x 1TB - not going > full out :-( ), multipathing dual SAS host controller + sas backplane, 4 > port GB Intel NIC + dual GB Intel NIC, 16GB ECC DDR2 RAM, multiple HT3 > links, dual 6 core cpu box? Future 45 bay 4U SAS storage box possible too. LOL, I was expecting that to come up soon. But unfortunately as mentioned previously somewhere, my entire hardware budget acceptable to the client is less than USD5000 for the application server and expandable redundant storage. :( I'm just thankful they paid for a Gigabit switch previously! > No, not putting Centos 5 on that. :-( Not trusting raid5/6. > raidz2/raidz3 it is going to be. Solaris?