<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div><br></div><div>I would consider buying used server and fill it up with hard drives. Then using Linux or OpenSolaris to manage them.</div><div><br clear="all">--------------------------------------------------<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Amos Shapira <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:amos.shapira@gmail.com">amos.shapira@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hello,<br>
<br>
We have a few PowerEdge 860's which I mostly converted from our<br>
previous-generation Windows based system to Xen hosts for development<br>
on top of CentOS 5 (the production system is now mostly hosted<br>
abroad).<br>
<br>
These servers have space for only two internal disks and I'd like to<br>
try to convert a couple of them into servers of shared storage.<br>
I'm thinking of just setting them up to sync their disks using DRBD<br>
and providing access to the rest of the network via iSCSI.<br>
<br>
I'm looking for a way to attach lots of disks to them. So far the only<br>
options I found are MD1000/3000 from Dell, which are a bit too<br>
expensive for such a side-project.<br>
<br>
Is there another economical (and sane, speed-wise) way to get lots of<br>
disks on these system's bus?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
--Amos<br>
<br>
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