From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda3.sgi.com [192.48.176.15]) by oss.sgi.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id n2R8VYnu224613 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:31:49 -0500 Received: from mailsrv1.zmi.at (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 7943B1C752DF for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:31:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailsrv1.zmi.at (mailsrv1.zmi.at [212.69.162.198]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id ml1SleM1SjyHsQxE for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:31:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mailsrv2.i.zmi.at (unknown [81.217.54.243]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mailsrv2.i.zmi.at", Issuer "power4u.zmi.at" (not verified)) by mailsrv1.zmi.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AF944C29 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:31:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from saturn.localnet (saturn.i.zmi.at [10.0.0.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mailsrv2.i.zmi.at (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9491640DC04 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:31:04 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: How to configure 36 disks ? Content-Disposition: inline From: Michael Monnerie Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:31:03 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <200903270931.03964@zmi.at> List-Id: XFS Filesystem from SGI List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com Errors-To: xfs-bounces@oss.sgi.com To: xfs@oss.sgi.com (I sent this mail on Tue 23:40 CET, but it seems it didn't arrive on the = list. At least I didn't receive it. So I send again) On Montag 23 M=E4rz 2009 Raz wrote: > 1. redundancy. > 2. performance. First, you should have bought enclosures with included RAID controllers, = then you'd be finished already. But then, I guess you wanted to save the money, but at least go get some = real hardware RAID controller. Look at Areca ( http://www.areca.com.tw ) = if you use Linux or Windows, the 1680 series SAS controllers can cope = with SAS/SATA drives, up to 128 drives per controller. You can put a = cache up to 4GB on the controller, and a battery backup module that = protects your data in case of power outages. Those controllers are = blazing fast, have good admin tools, send you an e-mail in case of = problems, and they used it in the video that Chris mentioned: http://blogs.sun.com/observatory/entry/don_t_shout_at_your In the end you see they used an Areca 16port, plus an Adaptec 8port (I = guess because they only had the Areca in 16port available). Then configure a RAID-60 or whatever you like. mfg zmi -- = // Michael Monnerie, Ing.BSc ----- http://it-management.at // Tel: 0660 / 415 65 31 .network.your.ideas. // PGP Key: "curl -s http://zmi.at/zmi.asc | gpg --import" // Fingerprint: AC19 F9D5 36ED CD8A EF38 500E CE14 91F7 1C12 09B4 // Keyserver: wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net Key-ID: 1C1209B4 _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@oss.sgi.com http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs