From: Jack Norton <jack@0x6a.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Petabytes on a budget: JBODs + Linux + JFS
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 12:37:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AA1505B.5070606@0x6a.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5c09a81bb68c1f5fec5f00094976f759@quanstro.net>
erik quanstrom wrote:
>> *with*, not *on* right?
>>
>
> with. it's an appliance.
>
>
>> Now, the information above is quite useful, yet my question
>> was more along the lines of -- if one was to build such
>> a box using Plan 9 as the software -- would it be:
>> 1. feasible
>> 2. have any advantages over Linux + JFS
>>
>
> aoe is block storage so i guess i don't know how
> to answer.
>
> - erik
>
>
I think what he means is:
You are given an inordinate amount of harddrives and some computers to
house them.
If plan9 is your only software, how would it be configured overall,
given that it has to perform as well, or better.
Or put another way: your boss wants you to compete with backblaze using
only plan9 and (let's say) a _large_ budget. Go!
-Jack
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-04 17:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-04 0:53 Roman V Shaposhnik
2009-09-04 1:20 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-04 9:37 ` matt
2009-09-04 14:30 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-04 16:54 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-09-04 12:24 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-04 12:41 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-04 13:56 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-04 14:10 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-04 18:34 ` Eris Discordia
[not found] ` <48F03982350BA904DFFA266E@192.168.1.2>
2009-09-07 20:02 ` Uriel
2009-09-08 13:32 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-04 16:52 ` Roman Shaposhnik
2009-09-04 17:27 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-04 17:37 ` Jack Norton [this message]
2009-09-04 18:33 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-08 16:53 ` Jack Norton
2009-09-08 17:16 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-08 18:17 ` Jack Norton
2009-09-08 18:54 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-14 15:50 ` Jack Norton
2009-09-14 17:05 ` Russ Cox
2009-09-14 17:48 ` Jack Norton
2009-09-04 23:25 ` James Tomaschke
2009-09-14 16:43 erik quanstrom
2009-09-20 20:13 ` Bakul Shah
2009-09-21 3:37 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-21 17:43 ` Bakul Shah
2009-09-21 18:02 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-21 18:49 ` Wes Kussmaul
2009-09-21 19:21 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-21 20:57 ` Wes Kussmaul
2009-09-21 22:42 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-22 10:59 ` matt
2009-09-21 19:10 ` Bakul Shah
2009-09-21 20:30 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-21 20:57 ` Jack Norton
2009-09-21 23:38 ` erik quanstrom
2009-09-21 22:07 ` Bakul Shah
2009-09-21 23:35 ` Eris Discordia
2009-09-22 0:45 ` erik quanstrom
[not found] ` <6DC61E4A6EC613C81AC1688E@192.168.1.2>
2009-09-21 23:50 ` Eris Discordia
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