cheap san was (E: [NTLUG:Discuss] File Size Limit)

[kbrannen@gte.net]

Chris Cox wrote:
> Alfred Dayton wrote:
> ...
> 
>> the answer is to go with gb nics and switch with a new linux Box B with
>> either the new serial ATA or
>>
...
>> What arre your thoughts?
> 
...
> SATA is maturing... not sure if I'd take the plunge yet though.
> The good news is that currently , the
> high end SATA drives are coming with warranties that are similar
> to SCSI drives (yippee!!).  As SATA becomes commodity, look for
> this to drop back down again (back to 1 year again).
...

I'm about to have to start shoving CD images (500MB) between computers at my 
church.  I've gone with Gb NICs and SATA drives (which I *really* like after 
using IDE on Intel boxes for so long).  This seemed like the best bang for the 
buck, considering our present equipment.

The second box and Gb switch is due to arrive any day now, :-) I can get back 
to you in a week or 2 if you want to compare results.

Unfortunately, they'll be 2 MS-Win2K machines...sigh...the app software only 
has MS-Windows releases.  We use the machines to drive CD duplicators 
(completely automated with a robotic arm and printer, very cool toys :-).

As for testing the transfer speed, I'll probably use ttcp (it's available free 
for both Unix and MS-Windows platforms).

Kevin