Hardware support

[Matt Olander]

Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Dan Langille <dan at langille.org> writes:
>   
>> My work (yes, Im now employed) is looking at deploying servers to
>> client sites. They arent so much servers as appliances. The boxes
>> serve a distinct function, and not much else.
>>
>> Our hardware needs:
>>  between 2TB and 8TB of storage in a RAID configuration
>>  1U or 2U case
>>  good reputation
>>     
>
> Sounds like you need a SunFire X4500, except they're 4U.  I'm not sure
> you can get 8 TB into 2U with today's hardware; you'd need at least 16
> data disks, plus parity and spares, say 20 altogether.  The most I've
> ever seen in a 2U case is 8.
>   

I'm partial to our solutions. Here's a 2U with 12 bays that takes 750GB 
SATA:
http://www.ixsystems.com/storageNAS.php*

*Dan, I'm sure we sell the system as a stand-alone solution, without the 
management software.

-matt
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