Re: 21 terabytes at NYNEX
Date: 1996/05/09
Message-ID: <31928C4C.5EE1_at_alfie.drc.com>#1/1
Mark Rosenbaum wrote:
>
> In article <1996Apr30.171802.15434_at_rossinc.com>,
> Joel Garry <joelga_at_rossinc.com> wrote:
> >In article <mjrDqHH2K.IEA_at_netcom.com> mjr_at_netcom.com (Mark Rosenbaum) writes:
> >>
> >>21 TB would not fit on most 32 bit UNIX servers. There is a 2 GB limit
> >>on file sizes and typically about a 1 K limit on the number of files
> >
> >Perhaps it is a 64 bit server. Maybe a 12 350MHz processor Alpha 8400 with
> >14G of directly addressable memory. And a huge tape robot in one of the
> >144 PCI slots.
>
> I am not an 8400 expert but I believe that while the 8400 can be configured
> with 12 procs or 14 GB of mem or 144 PCI slots I don't think it can be
> configed with all of this. Typically with SMP machines you are limited
> by the number of slots in the mid-plane.
Correct. The 8400 has a 9 slot backplane into which the CPUs (2/board), memory (2GB/board), and I/O modules (up to 48 PCI slots/module) fit. You figure out the configurations. :^)
(All information obtained from the AlphaServer site (http://www.digital.com/info/alphaserver/)
Eric Ebinger Received on Thu May 09 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST