I would probably go with a multi-x86 box (low cost) running Linux (kernel 2.2), SAMBA, hardware RAID, etc.
I have seen some very good comparative SMB numbers on these boxes. And now that the processor archetecture is scalable with Linux's kernel, the sky's the limit and the cost is VERY low!
Tom Weeks
-----Original Message----- From: askaquestion@iname.com [mailto:askaquestion@iname.com] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 1999 4:36 PM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: NetApp/Auspex killer?
Yes, NetApps are fine boxes but...
If you started a company to build a NAS box, what would you build that would be better than what NetApp, Auspex, etc. has?
I'm looking for serious responses here - to improve the market with competition!
I don't view the kind of very-low $ suggestions on this list recently as the kind of thing that most of us are interested in.
Don't let my anonymous query lead you into thinking that I'm not 100% serious. If anything it should illustrate just how serious I am.
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