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Everyone in this thread is fucking retarded. You think you can get 136 TB into 1U with SSDs? Even the densest systems aren't stuffing more than about 10 2.5" drives into 1U. This is being done with DIMMs. Yeah just go ahead and toss some consumer drives into an array, it'll totally...

They're talking about the first 25 customers who beta tested and were given the option to buy. NetApp doesn't expect many people to buy this first iteration of FlashRay because it's single controller at the moment and possibly also lacks snapshot capability (unconfirmed). Of course NetApp will...

I have a FreeNAS server now with about 35 TB of data on a RAID-Z2 of 4 TB SATA drives that needs to be backed up. I am looking for a SAS enclosure or a separate system altogether that will let me get another 75 TB of usable space in my environment for the absolute bottom dollar. I was...

Eventually split between two LSI SAS3 HBAs inside a larger JBOD chassis. Presently running 4 hosts with 8 drives each connected to 9207-8i. I have a feeling the SAS2 controller is my bottleneck currently. You are correct that they are targeted to the "consumer" market. This project's goal is...

Lab needed some IOPS to test some applications. Stay tuned for build out...32x1TB EVO

I'm about to launch something using EVOs in the next few weeks that will blow some minds around here.

If you switch from Nimble to NetApp you'll regret it. Your storage will be less capable, less powerful and your skills as an administrator will be less marketable. Nimble has a nice thing with IOPS/$, but when you have data you need to manage, especially in a true multi-tenant fashion, NetApp is...

There's a known bug with 5.5U1 causing NFS disconnects. VMware currently suggests to roll back to 5.5 GA. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me given how painful they make vCenter rollbacks to be.

Yep just look at someone like Vaughn Stewart lol.

Talk to your NetApp rep by Friday. Adding protocols individually is "expensive" (you're way better off to buy a Complete bundle when you buy your controllers FYI) but this is NetApp's year end and they will drop their pants.

You were talking about server-side caching's benefits as it pertains to IOPS/$, VSAN seems extremely applicable in that scenario in a thread that's entirely about alternatives to dumping more money into Big Storage's take on caching. Of course you can't put VSAN in front of other storage, it is...

Last I checked VSAN did write caching on host based SSD and you can overprovision SSDs to add more performance. I would expect someone who worships at the altar of EMC like yourself would be up to speed on what VMware is doing these days. Your points about high-end consumer/low-end enterprise...

You're not comparing apples to apples when you look at Pernix's offering compared to NetApp FlashCache. Pernix is host based SSDs, FlashCache is storage based PCI cards that go into the array. A closer approximation would be NetApp FlashPool (aka hybrid aggregate) where the SSDs front-end...

VSAN :D

Those are the finest 10k SAS drives money can buy. They are mid-range in performance given the existence of SSDs, but you'd be hard pressed to find a more durable performant 10k RPM drive. Anyway, the FAS2240 can support 24 drives internal without adding external shelves. All you need is to...

Nice build! Price/parts list?

Thought they were 3U?

I just bought a shit load of 3 TB drives on eBay for $90 a piece shipped. Catch is they're white labeled drives so you have to get your warranty through eBay instead of the manufacturer. The tradeoff is I bought dozens of drives but only one with a "warranty" on it. No way for eBay to know which...

Call your NetApp rep and tell them you want to buy a second controller for your existing 2240 single head (goes inside existing chassis) and you want to buy another shelf for your system. The 2240 supports 24 drives internally and 5 external shelves of 24. What kind of drives do you have in your...

I'm using 840 EVOs to a very positive effect with VMware VFRC. Took response times for a SQL VM from 9ms to sub 1ms.

I for one would like to know more about this mod. The SGI Rackable 16 bay seems to be the cheapest way to get rackmountable JBOD, but being limited to 3 Gbps is cramping my style. Is a parts list available OP?

Take it back there are 3 TB 7200 RPM drives that can be had for $99 shipped.

I have a Logitech G930. It worked great for almost a year, I'm about to send it in for a free repair as I get random static and the battery doesn't hold as much of a charge anymore. Luckily the batteries are user replaceable and under $12 from Amazon. Great sounding, durable, great range (at...

If you don't need HA, running ESXi from USB and configuring it to pass through physical drives to a VM running FreeNAS is one way you could go. FreeNAS is idiot proof to set up and will do NFS, iSCSI and CIFS natively.

Super expensive and only supports 2.5" drives. I guess if you needed high IOPS scratch space but most are looking for the $/GB that 3.5" drives can offer.

Link here: http://www.storagereview.com/echostreams_flachesan2_custom_flash_array_build FlacheSAN2 48-bay 2U storage array from EchoStreams. This platform features 48 densely packed 7mm SSDs, five PCIe 3.0 LSI 9207-8i HBAs. Could one of these be outfitted with consumer SSDs like the 840...

OP wants to know how he can swap out the 3 Gbps SAS expander in the SE3016 with a 6 Gbps one. What you would need is either a 6 Gbps SAS expander that is powered by Molex or a burner motherboard you can install to deliver power to the PCI bus of the card. No CPU or memory required. Then you...