On Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:25 PM, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote: > 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. :( So cut appropriate corners to fit. Just not like Backblaze. Their's is decidedly crap hobbled together. > > I'm just thankful they paid for a Gigabit switch previously! D-Link? :-D. I had to get D-Links when money was a bit tighter but now I have HP Procurve 9210al switches. /me stomps on Cisco crap. > >> No, not putting Centos 5 on that. :-( Not trusting raid5/6. >> raidz2/raidz3 it is going to be. > > Solaris? Either OpenSolaris or Nexenta. Hey, I thought we were supposed to be running cheap aka freeloading?