[nflug] storage and meeting

Darin Perusich Darin.Perusich at cognigencorp.com
Tue Jul 1 11:30:52 EDT 2008


Andrew Bruno wrote:
> I'm actually currently employed at CCR :) I can't speak much on massive
> storage solutions as I'm a software guy but I can put you in touch with
> our SAN administrator if anyones interested. A while back we met with a
> few Sun reps and they were pitching their Sun Fire X4500 (Thumper)
> machines. Not sure if you've checked those out at all but they looked very
> cool.
> 

The "thumper" is a sweet little box, 4Tb within 4U's of rack space! It's 
was basically designed for ZFS, managing 48 disks within a single 
machine without it would be a nightmare.

-- 
Darin Perusich
Unix Systems Administrator
Cognigen Corporation
395 Youngs Rd.
Williamsville, NY 14221
Phone: 716-633-3463
Email: darinper at cognigencorp.com


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