An interesting storage server

[Sabre]

Server 1 - Looks like a direct competitor with Sun's Thumper... only at a LOT cheaper price point.

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Model	                  AR442F4
Form Factor               4U Rackmount
HDD Trays                 42 Hot-Swappable 3.5"
RAID Level                0, 1, 1+0, 5, and 6
Maximum Capacity          84TB
CPU                       AMCC 440SPe
Memory                    512MB, Upgradable to 2GB DDR-2 ECC SD-RAM Memory
Auto Rebuilding           Yes
Hot-Spare                 RAID 1, 1+0,  5, 6
Host Interface & Transfer Rate Dual Fiber Channel (4 Gbps)
Drive Interface           SATA II
Cooling Fan                2 x Blower Fans
Power Supply              600W x 3 Redundant Power Supply Modules
Control Interface         LCD Panel, RS232, RJ-45 Ethernet
Status Indicators         1 LED / HDD
Dimension (in)            7"H x 19"W x 30.7"D
Weight (lb)               100 (w/o hard drives)
Limited Watrranty         2 Years

[ElZorro]

I built a super high speed storage solution around one of their older products a couple years back... I think that one was a 2U that held a dozen or so drives. Stoopid fast. And pretty solid. Had more problems with the server the FC was attached to than the array itself.

[Sabre]

Ah, so this is (kind of) is what you ended up using for that! We were looking at the Sun Thumper(mentioned above) for awhile for a project, but ended up doing some other things. We might require one of these for testing purposes though, haha.