[rescue] Sun 711

[Monty Walls]

On Wed, 1 May 2002 17:06:54 -0500
"Shawn Wallbridge" <swallbridge at franticfilms.com> wrote:

> Just wondering if the Sun 711 can take Ultra-160 SCSI drives and operate at
> U160 speeds.
> 
> I need to figure out how to get 300MB/s (uncompressed 2K video) sustained on
> a machine. I am thinking two U160 PCI (64/66) RAID controllers with two
> 711's filled with 36GB 15k rpm Cheetah's.
> 

I'd opt for 2 PCI(64/66) Bus's first.
then 2 FC-AL adapters per bus (or U160s).  Need to allow for Murphy...

> Some other ideas....
> 
> A really big case with lots of 15k x 36GB drives in it.
Hitachi 9960 looks good.... 

> A big ass FC-AL array (too expensive?)

4 Small FC-AL array's and stripe across?

> 
> Any other suggestions?
> 
> shawn
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