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<p>Hallo Orion,</p>
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<p>Mittwoch, 15. Juli 2009, meintest Du:</p>
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<p><span class=rvts6>OP> I'm thinking about building a moderately fast network storage server </span></p>
<p><span class=rvts6>OP> using a striped array of SSD disks. I'm not sure how much such a device</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts6>OP> would benefit from being dual processor and whether the latest Nehalem</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts6>OP> chips would be better than the older in the tooth (and less expensive)</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts6>OP> AMD Opteron offerings. I'm almost certainly going to be limited at the</span></p>
<p><span class=rvts6>OP> moment by using GigE, but would like to move to Infiniband in future. </span></p>
<p><span class=rvts6>OP> Thoughts?</span></p>
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<p>Can you give a bit more Info?</p>
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<p>Network Storage Server = NFS?</p>
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<p>Why SSDs? </p>
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<br>What speed do you want to reach?</p>
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<p>In general: RAM does help, CPU power is normally not necessary.</p>
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<p>Jan</p>
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