anacreo wrote:
> So from my BB...
> 
> 20 drives X 120MB/s = 2400MB/s
> 
> 4000mbps/8 = 500MB/s
> 
> 2400MB/s / 500MB/s = 4.8 ports and I would safely hedge that by 30% at least.
> 
> HMM...  You're right 5x4gb ports I think I started the math on 2g
> fabrics and recalced badly for 4gb fabrics.
> 
> I'm just getting to the point of make as many drives as you need to
> achieve your necessary bandwidth result and functionality.
> 
> One important point is to make sure you keep your VTL tapes tiny (we
> use 100gb) because if you're writing you can't be reading those tapes.
> 
> Alec
> 
> <snippage>
> 
> 


Ok, this helps a bunch....a little light bulb went off when I saw that you're 
calculating 120MBps per drive.  I totally track what you're saying now....

Thanks tons!
--brerrabbit

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