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  1. Re:Perhaps a new benchmaking technique? on Wcarchive Does 1.39tb In 24 Hours · · Score: 0

    You'd have to see if Linux could handle it first. Ftp.cdrom.com runs on FreeBSD.

  2. Re:honest question, just curious on Wcarchive Does 1.39tb In 24 Hours · · Score: 2

    Actually, the connection can't keep up with the disks. This recent record (of over a tb) was due to the recent upgrade to gigabit ethernet. With the previous 100Mb ethernet, a tb was a mere dream.

  3. Re:What's the machine config? on Wcarchive Does 1.39tb In 24 Hours · · Score: 5
    According to ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/archive-info/wca rchive.txt, Its configuration is as follows: Micron NetFRAME 9201 system, consisting of:
    • One 500MHz Intel Pentium-III Xeon CPU w/512K L2 cache
    • 4GB of main memory (16 * 256MB 50ns ECC EDO DIMMs)
    • 1 Adaptec AHA-2940U2W PCI single-channel wide Ultra-2 SCSI controller
    • 2 Adaptec AHA-3940AUW PCI dual-channel wide UltraSCSI controller
    • 1 Intel Pro/100+ PCI 100Mbps Fast Ethernet controller
    • 1 Bay Networks Netgear GA620 Gigabit Ethernet adapter

    The file contains more detailed information on the configuration. Also, there's a picture available here.