The DroboPro which is closer to what DK mentioned, runs around $1600 with 2TB
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Chris Louden<[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Dante Lanznaster<[email protected]> wrote: >> drobo sure is cool, but man what an expensive device. > > Well if the other one was 1800, drobo would be less then half. > >> >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Chris Louden<[email protected]> wrote: >>> What about something more like Drobo with the Drobo Share module? >>> http://drobo.com/ >>> >>> -Chris >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 3:32 AM, Peter Manis<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I built my filer about a year ago so drives were a little more expensive, >>>> but I spent a little over $2000 overall to go with hardware RAID6 on 12 >>>> drives. If you get one of the areca PCIe x8 controllers you should be able >>>> to pull 800mb/s+ off the disks. The areca 1231-ML ($650) says it does >>>> Performance: (Sustained Rate / All-in-Cache) >>>> RAID 0: Read - 885 / 1624 MB/s; Write - 847 / 1295 MB/s >>>> RAID 5: Read - 846 / 1624 MB/s; Write - 816 / 1295 MB/s >>>> RAID 6: Read - 811 / 1624 MB/s; Write - 776 / 1295 MB/s >>>> Based on real benchmarks I have seen these are pretty real numbers. The >>>> card can have a cache of up to 4gb and modules aren't too expensive. The >>>> other benefits to a card like the 1231 is that it has an integrated NIC and >>>> management software so you really can go barebones on the OS and be able to >>>> use the full functionality of the card. >>>> A friend of mine went with one of these non-hardware raid cards >>>> (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815121009) and is >>>> using OpenSolaris/ZFS with it and has been pretty happy. I can't really >>>> give performance numbers because he used the PCI-X card in a standard PCI >>>> slot, but it was nowhere near the areca. >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 4:29 AM, Dante Lanznaster <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:06 PM, David Kaiser<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > I'm wondering about a rackmount NAS box for my home office. >>>>> > >>>>> > http://www.buffalotech.com/products/network-storage/terastation/ >>>>> > >>>>> > I have friends who have put Debian on these desktop units - but I'm >>>>> > looking at a rackmount. I suppose the "firm"ware requirements are >>>>> > pretty similar? >>>>> > >>>>> > I guess something else I'm interested in finding from people... is it >>>>> > worth buying something like this, or just building a 2U rackmount server >>>>> > with only samba, ftp and nfs on it? these are about $1800 for a 2Tb >>>>> > unit - and can be easily configured for RAID over a web interface - is >>>>> > it worth the extra $$$ ? Is there a good open source iScsi app/driver >>>>> > set? >>>>> > >>>>> > Any opinions? >>>>> > >>>>> > DK >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have only used their smaller 1Tb desktop units. Very reliable, but not >>>>> something I would put money on. Much rather build a box and use >>>>> either FreeNAS or OpenFiler. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Peter Manis >>>> (678) 269-7979 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LinuxUsers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >> > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
