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Re: hardware for web server project

To: "LinuxVirtualServer.org users mailing list." <lvs-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: hardware for web server project
From: André LY <luanleehao@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 15:54:07 +0100 (CET)
>> I don't know but if i use 50 realservers, how
>> about to connect them with some netgear gigabit
>> swich ?
> 
> you are talking about 50Gbps of backplane bandwidth
> here connecting to the world over T1 lines.
> You will need to test a small setup to determine the
> bandwidth needed. 

50 Gbps !!!!!!!!! 
maybe i'm wrong, but it's just for a fast web server,
maybe video stream but not any file server.
I don't thought to use more than T3 lines.


> firewire is a frame oriented protocol designed for
> video cameras. I have no idea
> about it's use on disks

i heard that firewire-ide could be a very low cost
solution than fiber channel. but i'm scare about the performance.

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