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scan.co.uk 3TB Hitachi 130 GBP x 24 = 3120 (~4900 USD) | scan.co.uk 3TB Hitachi 130 GBP x 24 = 3120 (~4900 USD) | ||
amazon.co.uk 3TB Seagate 120 GBP x 24 = 2928 (~4600 USD)</ | amazon.co.uk 3TB Seagate 120 GBP x 24 = 2928 (~4600 USD)</ | ||
+ | * **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, | ||
+ | * 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:// | ||
+ | * **July 23, 2012**: | ||
+ | * George Ogoti provided us with an iSCSI target on their NetApp so we can test configuration and performance, | ||
===== Proposed NetApp architecture ===== | ===== Proposed NetApp architecture ===== | ||
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* Build our own storage, ala Backblaze " | * Build our own storage, ala Backblaze " | ||
* Using FreeBSD + ZFS? | * Using FreeBSD + ZFS? | ||
+ | * FreeNAS storage based on AMD Fusion APUs: http:// | ||
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+ | ===== Links ===== | ||
+ | * Growing a ZFS pool (with good background on pools vs filesystems in ZFS): http:// |
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