>-----Original Message----- >From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf >Of Christopher Chan >Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 2:34 PM >To: centos at centos.org >Subject: Re: [CentOS] 40TB File System Recommendations >>> >>> Oh yeah, we are on PCIe and NUMA architectures now. I guess this point >>> no longer applies just like hardware raid being crap no longer applies >>> because they are not underpowered i960/tiny cache boards anymore. >> >> I'm sorry, I can't quite "read you". Is your reply meant to be sarcastic? If I >> misunderstood it, I apologize. >> >> Anyway, what I meant before was that I haven't really the problem with smaller >> systems, like for eg department backups. Maybe up to 10TB-file systems, with not >> too many user's homefolders, in the hundreds maybe, but still a lot of data >> being transferred each day. > >I know what you meant...and yes, the bus has plenty of bandwidth to not >have to worry unless you are sticking it on a 1x lane slot. Gotcha'. Thanks. -- /Sorin