[Novalug] Best Workplace file server

[Bryan Seitz]

I've been using the MD1000 w/ 1TB SaS disks using ZFS under FreeBSD.  Quite
fast and solid!  The cool thing is that if you are using software raid (ZFS)
you can put the shelf in split mode and have 2x 3Gbit sas connections total
bandwidth.  (Of course 6Gbit SaS is out now and 12Gbit is coming by 2012)

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 07:27:51PM -0400, John Franklin wrote:
> 
> On Oct 23, 2009, at 6:37 PM, bidwell wrote:
> > This is true.  The MD1000 is a bunch of disks. I ususally get
> > them with a server with a perc card and set them up in RAID 5
> > and set up snmp to to email me when disks go bad. Most Dell
> > hardware has the same support and utilities under RedHat/
> > CentOS as they do under windows.  That being said, I do
> > have a nice datacenter and haven't seen these set up in
> > an office environement.
> 
> 
> Ah, yes, I had not thought about that.  Noise may be an issue for some  
> of this hardware.  You could stick it all in a closet, but then you're  
> trading a noise issue for a cooling issue.
> 
> jf
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