You have 10k to build it?!? Hell, get super fast SCSI drives and stop worrying. Sheesh, 10k.... Why are we having this discussion then?
TimH On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:47:15 -0700 Larry Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 03:33 PM, Grigsby, Garl wrote: > > > I guess there are a few questions I would ask before I answered. > > > > 1) What is your budget? > < $10k USD > > > 2) How many users? > approximately 5000 > > > 3) What OS/Platform are you going to host this on? > > freebsd > > > 4) What are your uptime requirements? > > Maximal, this a core service, and needs to be bulletproof. > I would be extremely happy if we didn't have to reboot it for anything > > less > than a kernel upgrade. > > > 5) What time frame are you looking at? > > between 3-6 months for fielding it, with an effective service life of > 3-5 years > (if we outgrow it in 3 years we'll be happy ;-) > > > > > > Garl > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Larry Price [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 3:26 PM > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: [eug-lug]SCSI vs. ATA vs. IDE raid for >1 TB storage array > >> > >> > >> We have an argument going here in the office regarding > >> how to spec a storage array for a high volume, low-latency > >production> server > >> that would need to hold and serve approximately 1-3 TB of maildirs > >> > >> (lots of small files being sought by people who get cranky when > >they> are noticeably slow > >> in arriving) > >> > >> the basic argument is about ata-raid vs. scsi > >> > >> It looks like there are a __lot__ of people trying to sell ata-raid > >> right now, > >> the question is would that work for our application > >> > >> Figured I would ask the knowledgeable and opinionated ( I'll let > >you> know when I find the list of knowledgable people ;)_ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> EuG-LUG mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EuG-LUG mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > > > > > This is a Signature: Someday soon it will have clever sayings and > URL's > > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- Tim Howe Systems Integrator HighSpeed Communications Bend, OR 541-317-3437 x215 _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
