On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 09:50:35AM -0800, Matt Dillon wrote:
> :70TB is the size of the sum of all files, access or no access.
> :(They still want to maintain accessibility even though the chances are slim.)
>
> This doesn't sound like something you can just throw together with
> off-the-shelf PCs and still have something reliable to show for it.
> You need a big honking RAID system - maybe a NetApp, maybe something
> else. You have to look at the filesystem and file size limitations
> of the unit and the client(s).
NetApp's biggest box can "only" handle 6TB of data, currently, using the
latest and greatest software. They claim (and I believe them) that
12TB will be the limit later this year.
> So FreeBSD could be used as an NFS client, but probably not a server
> for your application. Considering the number of disks you need to
> manage, something like a NetApp or other completely self contained
> RAID-5-capable system for handling the disks is mandatory.
Netapps are actually RAID-4 (dedicated parity disk), not RAID-5 (parity data
is recorded across all drives).
-Kurt
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