Intermediate Step: Shared Logic
Brick with 8-12 disk drives
200 mips/arm (or more)
2xGbpsEthernet
General purpose OS
10k$/TB to 50k$/TB
Shared
Sheet metal
Power
Support/Config
Security
Network ports
These bricks could run applications (e.g. SQL or Mail or..)
Snap
~1TB 12x80GB NAS
NetApp
~.5TB
8x70GB NAS
Maxstor
~2TB 12x160GB NAS
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