- Joined
- Aug 28, 2015
I've literally adminned netapp and other block-centric storage systems.Linus spent $1000 on e-waste. 54tb of storage. Can't use the netapp os since they would have had to bought the rack from netapp themselves. Take 2k watts of power to run. Can literally run the same storage capacity on two-three drives for 20 watts now.
The database group then made my boss very mad by spurning it for the 'fancy' freenas boxes I built since they found the snapshot management much easier and performance much higher. I don't have real high opinions of the things. They do have a place in giganto-tier storage systems but they're a huge pain in the ass and the licensing is one of the worst things about them.