Received: from localhost (maia-1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CFC49F9FDA for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2006 11:44:09 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 86103-02-2 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2006 11:43:40 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from ipmail02.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail02.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.141]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5768D9FA1DA for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2006 11:43:39 -0400 (AST) Received: from ppp247-71.static.internode.on.net (HELO [192.168.8.200]) ([203.122.247.71]) by ipmail02.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 08 Dec 2006 02:13:36 +1030 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,510,1157293800"; d="scan'208"; a="56934254:sNHT165899482" Message-ID: <457836A2.1040307@007Marketing.com> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:13:30 +1030 From: Shane Ambler User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Macintosh/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brian Wipf CC: Ron , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Areca 1260 Performance References: <663E7F7B-680B-42C2-BA6A-A237E95CDCEA@clickspace.com> <205957AA-B783-4CA7-B620-EFBF86D047EE@clickspace.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.526 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, BAYES_05, BIZ_TLD, SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200612/176 X-Sequence-Number: 22232 >> One thing that is clear from what you've posted thus far is that you >> are going to needmore HDs if you want to have any chance of fully >> utilizing your Areca HW. > Do you know off hand where I might find a chassis that can fit 24[+] > drives? The last chassis we ordered was through Supermicro, and the > largest they carry fits 16 drives. Chenbro has a 24 drive case - the largest I have seen. It fits the big 4/8 cpu boards as well. http://www.chenbro.com/corporatesite/products_01features.php?serno=43 -- Shane Ambler pgSQL@007Marketing.com Get Sheeky @ http://Sheeky.Biz