> Hello, i'm working on a project that includes a large amount of image files.
> There will be around 15 million files around 100Kb ~= 1.5TB.
> I am looking for cheap but _reliable_ ways of achieving this.
> I hear that FibreChannel supports up to 128 devices, does anyone know if
126 for private arbitrated loop, massively larger for switch fabrics.
> that really works?
> And if it does what cards are there for Linux, and which is the moste stable
> that works for alpha?
Qlogic 2100/2200 is incorporated into the 2.2 and later kernels.
> Is it possible to soft-raid say 30 50gb drives to get the storage in
> question?
> Or is there an limit on soft-raided disks?
> Will the performance be within reasonable speeds?
>
> Any help, experiance, or ideas/solutions are super-welcome!!!
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