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 scan.co.uk	3TB Hitachi	130 GBP x 24 = 3120 (~4900 USD)
 amazon.co.uk	3TB Seagate	120 GBP x 24 = 2928 (~4600 USD)</file>
+  * **June 18, 2012**:
+    * Had a meeting with Ian Moore and Isaac Kahugu about storage
+      * He said he'd support us building our own, but gave us tips to talk to Tor at ICRAF (GIS, MySQL, Drobo), and to consider Dell Equalogic for storage
+      * Another point was that we could possibly buy storage from KENET (to sync off site), or maybe colocate a box there
+  * **July 10, 2012**:
+    * GK from Techno Associates called again with a new offer for a single-site, single-controller NetApp solution:
+      * He said he can give us 12TB raw for $9,000, or 24TB for $11,000 (one controller only, excludes pricing for replication licenses)
+  * **July 22, 2012**:
+    * Begin compiling report about current situation, options, and recommendations
+      * https://docs.google.com/document/d/123VL6l5xt1AspzqTaW2tpJ_XFUZGDIXUCsaFK2_EwUY/edit#
+  * **July 23, 2012**:
+    * George Ogoti provided us with an iSCSI target on their NetApp so we can test configuration and performance, but we're still waiting for a password to auto to the iSCSI.
 ===== Proposed NetApp architecture =====
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   * Build our own storage, ala Backblaze "pods": http://blog.backblaze.com/2011/07/20/petabytes-on-a-budget-v2-0revealing-more-secrets/
   * Using FreeBSD + ZFS?
+  * FreeNAS storage based on AMD Fusion APUs: http://the.only.ipnextgen.net/fnas/doku.php
+===== Links =====
+  * Growing a ZFS pool (with good background on pools vs filesystems in ZFS): http://www.itsacon.net/?p=158