[nflug] storage and meeting

[David J. Andruczyk]

we just got our shipment of 3 X44500 thumbers at work.   nice boxes,  heavier than lead bricks,   only downer is there is no raid controllerwhatsoever.  and Solaris 10 can't do trunking on the nics built into the unit, so we are using linux with multiple SW raid 5's (set em up right and they SCREAM).    Nice to have 48TB in 3 or 4 U of space.



 -- David J. Andruczyk


----- Original Message ----
From: Andrew Bruno <aeb at qnot.org>
To: nflug at nflug.org
Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 10:58:08 AM
Subject: Re: [nflug] storage and meeting

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.

Dr. Furlani is running the Center and we are located at UB's downtown
campus in the Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics building (next to
Roswell). Our large storage system is an EMC SAN (25TB usable raid5).

I'll try and see if I can get some interested people together at CCR to
discuss possibly hosting an NFLUG meeting. I can't promise anything but
I'll mail the list if I get any more info. Would having a meeting at CCR
be something of interest to people?

--Andrew




> As far as I know, CCR is being run by Dr. Thomas Furlani.  At least it was
> a year or so ago...
>
> Cheers!
>
> Bob
>
>  --
> "When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with
> your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will
> always long to return."
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>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ken Smith <kensmith at cse.Buffalo.EDU>
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Sent: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 10:01:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [nflug] storage and meeting
>
>
> On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 23:44 -0400, paul wrote:
>> Has any one contacted the CCR at the university @ Buffalo (Amherst
>> campus [north])
>> Dr. Russ Miller is the man in charge there.
>
> Actually no, he isn't any more.
>
> I'm honestly not 100% sure who's running it now.  It has also moved,
> it's no longer on the North Campus - it's downtown in the new biomedical
> research center.
>
> If you want to follow up with them the place to start would be
>
>  http://www.ccr.buffalo.edu/
>
> As you might guess other than knowing Dr. Miller isn't in charge of it
> any more I don't have much in the way of contact with them.
>
> --
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