On 7/24/2012 5:34 AM, Soare Catalin wrote:
> Very interesting read!
> I apologize for being OT, but where could one learn about storage systems
> (even such as the ones you mentioned earlier)? Any online resources or even
> books you could recommend?
I really couldn't tell you one good "primer" d
On Jul 24, 2012 5:08 AM, "Stan Hoeppner" wrote:
>
> On 7/23/2012 11:05 AM, Shaffin Bhanji wrote:
> > I am thinking of the Norco 16/20 hotswap and a 2x operton QC CPU m/b
> > but wasnt sure what a solid performing m/b would be that will work
> > well with the LSI? Any thoughts?
>
> You didn't even
Have you considered getting a disk shelf, such as a Dell MD1000? Its 3RU
with 15 disks, connects via SAS to your server (it's cousin the MD3000i
does iSCSI) so you can then export the storage with NFS or iSCSI or what
ever it is you want to do. They do SAS and nearline SAS for the drives
(you c
On 7/23/2012 11:05 AM, Shaffin Bhanji wrote:
> I am thinking of the Norco 16/20 hotswap and a 2x operton QC CPU m/b
> but wasnt sure what a solid performing m/b would be that will work
> well with the LSI? Any thoughts?
You didn't even mention the drives. The drives are the most important
ingredi
On 7/23/2012 10:57 AM, Ramon Hofer wrote:
> Btw: I'm still waiting for this damping mats :-/
> Can only take some more weeks...
Oh, yeah. That is one disadvantage compared to the ready made NAS
boxen: noise
Ramon has 3x NMB 120x38mm fans in the Norco for proper cooling of 20
drives + electronic
On 7/23/2012 7:42 AM, Shaffin Bhanji wrote:
> Thank you Stan!
>
>> Just imagine what it would do if you started from scratch with 20 of the
>> Black drives in md/RAID6 w/a 32K chunk, and XFS tuned to the stripe.
>> You'd easily hit 1GB/s streaming reads, with streaming writes probably
>>> 500MB/s.
On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:05:45 -0400, Shaffin Bhanji wrote:
> I am thinking of the Norco 16/20 hotswap and a 2x operton QC CPU m/b but
> wasnt sure what a solid performing m/b would be that will work well with
> the LSI? Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks my hands are now itching for this project to be compl
On 23/07/12 08:42 AM, Shaffin Bhanji wrote:
Thank you Stan!
Just imagine what it would do if you started from scratch with 20 of the
Black drives in md/RAID6 w/a 32K chunk, and XFS tuned to the stripe.
You'd easily hit 1GB/s streaming reads, with streaming writes probably
500MB/s. Depends on
I am thinking of the Norco 16/20 hotswap and a 2x operton QC CPU m/b
but wasnt sure what a solid performing m/b would be that will work
well with the LSI? Any thoughts?
Thanks my hands are now itching for this project to be completed :-)
Sam.
On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Ramon Hofer wrote:
On Mon, 2012-07-23 at 04:52 -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> On 7/22/2012 10:17 AM, Ramon Hofer wrote:
>
> > But if you multiply the price of five Netgear NV+ (which each holds four
> > disks) ~ CHF 300.-- each then this isn't what I'd call cheap.
>
> And even if your self built (take lots of pride
Thank you Stan!
> Just imagine what it would do if you started from scratch with 20 of the
> Black drives in md/RAID6 w/a 32K chunk, and XFS tuned to the stripe.
> You'd easily hit 1GB/s streaming reads, with streaming writes probably
>>500MB/s. Depends on your CPU. I forgot which one is in the
On 7/22/2012 10:17 AM, Ramon Hofer wrote:
> But if you multiply the price of five Netgear NV+ (which each holds four
> disks) ~ CHF 300.-- each then this isn't what I'd call cheap.
And even if your self built (take lots of pride in that achievement BTW)
Norco solution is slightly more expensive,
On 7/22/2012 6:41 AM, Shaffin Bhanji wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to put together a 2U storage server for data. I have
> previously invested in NAS equipment such as the Netgear NAS 1100 that I
> have been disappointed in to say the least - data write speed of 5MB/s.
>
> This time around I wan
On Son, 2012-07-22 at 10:34 -0400, Shaffin Bhanji wrote:
> Hello Ramon,
>
> Thanks, and how much did the server cost you?
Please don't top post, Sam.
It cost me the case €387.94, the LSI hba CHF 281.45, the Intel SAS
expander CHF 110.25 and four new WD black 2TB drives 4x CHF 190.65. Plus
some
Hello Ramon,
Thanks, and how much did the server cost you?
Sam.
On 22/07/2012 8:49 AM, Ramon Hofer wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jul 2012 07:41:32 -0400, Shaffin Bhanji wrote:
I am trying to put together a 2U storage server for data. I have
previously invested in NAS equipment such as the Netgear NAS 1
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