[nylug-talk] Big filesystem recommendation - which one?

[jh]

Peter C. Norton wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 03:36:46PM -0400, jh wrote:
>> The hardware hasn't been purchased yet, so I'm open to suggestions, 
>> although I do have my shopping list...
>>

> If your budget is up to it, you could/should also consider a sun x4500
> (it will leave you room to grow, runs solaris+linux pretty well),
> smaller netapp/bluearc, etc. storage vendors as well. These things are
> a lot more expensive 

Use caps - a LOT more expensive. As in 4-5x.

than the roll-your-own that you're proposing, but
> they are worth holding up as the pre-built alternatives for management
> in case they do want to do this.

I'd love it, but way too much $$$ right now. Next time ;) we're in the 
market for storage.

> 
> There is a rumor that sun will turn the x4500 into more of a storage
> appliance, but generally sun is terrible about the user experience and
> management of hosts/devices/etc.. But just so you know.
> 

Honestly, as bad as Sun is - would it be worse than roll-your-own in 
terms of user experience? Probably not, so not sure that's a huge concern.

Thanks.

jh