HPC and zfs.

[Julian Elischer]

On 2/6/12 9:24 AM, Michael Fuckner wrote:
> On 02/06/2012 05:41 PM, Freddie Cash wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Jeremy Chadwick
>> <freebsd at jdc.parodius.com>  wrote:
>>> On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 04:52:11PM +0100, Peter Ankerst?l wrote:
>>>> I want to investigate if it is possible to create your own usable
>>>> HPC storage using zfs and some network filesystem like nfs.If you 
>>>> use Supermicro I would use X8DTH-iF, some LSI HBA (9200-8e, 2x 
>>>> Multilane external) and some JBOD-Chassis (like SUpermicro 
>>>> 847E16-RJBOD1)
>

no-one seems to have mentioned the obvious route..

a cluster of machines, using the new iSCSI code to make some of them 
subservient to the others.