tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9726833.post1575946997905246991..comments2023-11-11T19:20:51.515+00:00Comments on The Trouble with Tribbles...: T5240 - disks and more disksPeter Tribblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09363446984245451854noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9726833.post-33055482008693043022008-04-24T06:50:00.000+01:002008-04-24T06:50:00.000+01:00i don't think the sixteen drive backplane is shipp...i don't think the sixteen drive backplane is shipping yet, but eight internal drives isn't bad!Bert Shurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826857644009353553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9726833.post-65162427487055963572008-04-11T08:26:00.000+01:002008-04-11T08:26:00.000+01:00Once they have 300GB SAS discs available, it'll be...Once they have 300GB SAS discs available, it'll be amazing. I suspect they need all those spindles to keep it fed with data from the discs.<BR/><BR/>However, what with massive memory capacities, perhaps we'll see a trend to storing everything in memory, and just using discs as a way of preserving it over power loss?<BR/><BR/>Using FBDIMMs is unfortunate though, as the more modules, the higher the memory latency.<BR/><BR/>You could squeeze a few more discs in there. It'd be nice (especially on the X4150) to lose the DVD drive and put a couple more discs in. Maybe even slow SATA ones if you don't want to put another disc controller in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com