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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ title: TPA-RFC-56: large file storage
Summary: setup a new, 1TiB SSD object storage in the gnt-dal cluster
using MinIO. Also includes in-depth discussion of
alternatives and storage expansion costs in gnt-dal, which could give
us an extra 20TiB of storage for 1500$USD.
us an extra 20TiB of storage for 1800$USD.

# Background

@@ -800,14 +800,15 @@ SSDs. The current model is the [Intel® SSD D3-S4510 Series][] which
goes for around [210$USD at Newegg][] or [180$USD at
Amazon][]. Therefore, expanding the fleet with 6 of those drives would
gain us 11.5TB (6 × 1.92TB, or 10.4TIB, 5.2TiB after RAID) at a cost
of about 1200$USD before tax.
of about 1200$USD before tax. With a cold spare, it goes up to around
1400$USD.

Alternatively, we could add higher capacity drives. 3.84TB drives are
getting cheaper (per byte) than 1.92TB drives. For example, at the
time of writing, there's a Intel D3-S4510 3.84TB drive for sale at
[255$USD at Amazon][]. Expanding with 6 such drive would give us an
extra 23TB (3.84TB × 6 or 20.9TiB, 10.5TiB after RAID) of storage at a
cost of about 1530$USD.
cost of about 1530$USD, 1800$USD with a spare.

[Intel® SSD D3-S4510 Series]: https://wcm-stg.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/134924/intel-ssd-d3s4510-series-1-92tb-2-5in-sata-6gbs-3d2-tlc.html
[210$USD at Newegg]: https://www.newegg.ca/intel-d3-s4510-1-92tb/p/0D9-002V-003V9