Hardware support

[Ulf Zimmermann]

On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 08:40:36PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav 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.

HP DL320s, 2U, can have 12 SAS or SATA drives. 4.20TB gross or 10.5TB gross.


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Regards, Ulf.

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