sorry, it would be Debian Linux. We actually don't need much horsepower,
we just need a lot of drives, and since it is for downloads over the web,
the network connection itself is going to be the limiting speed factor.
Aren't Blades entire systems? I only need one cpu system and the rest are
basically just HD enclosures.
thanks for the ideas!
At 10:25 AM 9/19/2005, Christian Lheureux wrote:
>Shawn,
>
>You did not mention the OS you'll need on your server. Since you mention a
>blade server, let's assume Windows. Then my suggestion would be :
>
>- Storage : an EVA4000
>- SAN : 2 2/8 Brocade switches
>- Server(s) : A handful of HP Blades aggregated together with something
>like, say, VMWare. Or MSCS.
>
>The EVA can scale up to tons of TBytes, much more than the 25 TB you'll
>need. You also have a choice of FC (for speed) or FATA (for price) physical
>disks.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Christian
>
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] De la part
> > de Shawn Gordon
> > Envoyé : lundi 19 septembre 2005 18:48
> > À : [log in to unmask]
> > Objet : [HP3000-L] OT: Suggestions for massive storage
> >
> > Maybe someone has a suggestion. We have a situation where we essentially
> > need to scale up to about 25tb of disk space (yes, terrabytes). 500gb
> > drives are still more expensive than 300gb drives to the extent that the
> > smaller ones could make more sense. Since I can grow it, I was thinking
> > of
> > maybe blade servers and add them as needed, but basically I just need one
> > computing server and then a ton of disk space. I also need a place to
> > host
> > it, either a co-lo or a place that lets me rent the servers and scale the
> > storage. Suggestions are appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shawn Gordon
> > President
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> > www.thekompany.com
> > www.mindawn.com
> > 949-713-3276
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