[geeks] Impressive...

[Lionel Peterson]

On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:12 AM, Angel Martin Alganza <ama at ugr.es> wrote:

> Hi, Sridhar, everybody,
>
> On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 02:48:33PM -0500, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>
>> My latest configuration is capable of 24TB (after RAID 5 overhead)
>> in a box the size of a largeish mid-tower PC.  I love it.
>
> Which hardware and software are you using on that beast?  I'm planing
> to build up a NAS box (I'm exploring FreeNAS, FreeBSD based, which I
> very much like at the moment;  I've also found OpenFiler, Linux based,
> which I haven't explored yet), although I would prefer a rackable  
> box, rather than a tower.

IIRC he used an Antec 900 chassis, I used a P4 that came in a 12-bay  
chassis.

There are some nice 8-bay chassis on eBay for $225 + s/h (no ps) from  
Norco.

Lionel