Re: XFS errors on large Infiniband fileserver setup

[Emmanuel Florac <eflorac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:53:55 +1000
Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> écrivait:

> IMO, it is unneccessarily complex - you could easily do this (~30
> drives) with a single server with a couple of external SAS JBOD
> arrays and SAS RAID controllers. That would give you the same
> performance (or better), with many fewer points of failure (both
> hardware and software), use less rack space, and probably be
> significantly cheaper....

And it will use less power, too. Actually there are Supermicro chassis
with up to 40 drives in 4U, so you don't even need an external disk
enclosure.

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