Igor TAmara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > P.D:Do you have a recommendation about buying computers that can > hold 2Tb of space? would it be possible to have a server of that > less than U$3000. I saw Dell 1430SC, but I would like to know if > there are similar options
I recently bought 2 systems each 4TB SATA (8*500GB), software RAID5 on Marvel "Raid" card, 2 Opteron, x2 cores CPUs, 4GB RAM. 2U form factor. US$5k each. Your price point should be obtainable. Some resulting bonnie++ benchmarks: http://www.phy.bnl.gov/computing/index.php/Cluster_Disks Because of my email address I technically can't endorse the vendor but go to www.aslab.com and play with the configurations to get an idea of what is possible. -Brett. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]