Also don't forget that you don't just bottleneck on the disks. You also bottleneck on the disk controllers and the connections to the disks. I/O is a giant rats nest and with the scale you're talking, you're going to have to get serious about it. I'd suggest getting a hardware expert to help out on this one.
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