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640 Gig HD in 1U Of Rack Space

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oh-yeah-baby dept.

I'm running for prez writes "Network Engines just announced two products that ruin Maxtors previous record of stashing 320 GB in 1U. They are called StorageEngine (4 drives) and StorageArray (8 drives), that both run Ultra160 SCSI (hot swappable). Check out the specs." 640 gigs would be about 192 hours at the top quality tivo record. I could store all my DVDs, all my MP3s, and still have enough room for every episode of South Park and the Simpsons!

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  1. ... by Evangelion · · Score: 4


    Bah. 640 Gigs should be enough for anybody.


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  2. All that space.... by BRock97 · · Score: 5

    ...and you still couldn't do a full install of Mandrake 7.2.

    Bryan R.

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  3. It must glow in the dark by selectspec · · Score: 5
    on the side the label reads:

    Warning: Do not stand within 6 feet of StorageArray. Keep StorageArray away from small children or pregnant mothers. Handle StorageArray with extreme caution. Always were saftey goggles when working with StorageArray. Do not taunt Storage Array.

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  4. Re:Record-breaking? Nope... by DrWiggy · · Score: 5
    Funnily enough, I was about to mention that. Nowhere on their website that I can see does it mention the figure 640Gb. Anywhere. What's more, I can't even see it in the original submitted article. Is CmdrTaco on crack or something? Here is the spec sheet. If you can see where it says 640Gb, please point it out to me. I had considered that /. is using a new numbering convention whereby 640Gb == 432Gb but I don't remember seeing the announcement. If somebody could just find the article and let me know. It doesn't even work if you convert into octal or anything, even if you do it really badly. :-)

    Configuration
    • Intel processor
    • 512 MB DRAM
    • Solid state RAM boot device
    • Four hot-swap SCSI 10,000 RPM hard disks, 18GB or 36 GB
    • Maximum storage capacity of 432 GB with 36 GB disks
    • Single-channel Ultra160 RAID controller with 32 MB DRAM and battery back-up
    • Dual 10/100BT auto-configuring Ethernet ports
    • Redundant hot-swap fans
    • System Maintenance Bus for out-of-band management, Cluster Maintenance
    • Bus external connection for easy integration with a Network Engines management cluster
    • Sliding rails for both Telco and cabinet racks
    So, the only thing I can consider is that somebody has worked out that this thing will take 4 SCSI hard drives, and that if they could lay their hands on some disks in the 160Gb region, they could them in here and they would have 640Gb of storage. Mmmm'kay? So, in actual fact there is no commercial product on the market from these people on sale right now, ready to go, with that storage. What's more, even if I do buy this hunk of crap, and I do manage to lay my hands on disks that size (and my bank manager allows me to pay for them), I'm going to have to invalidate any support/warranty agreements with them. Fantastic.

    There are times, when I really want to give up on /. when stories like this appear. This isn't news (it hasn't been researched), it's not even cool (because it's not true), it's not even lame (because it might lead to a conversation about cheap storage arrays), it's just.... just... so *slashdot*...
  5. null data by neuneu · · Score: 4

    640 gigs would be about 39321600 hours of unused space. I could store all my blank files, and still have enough room for every empty directories!