From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 23 08:54:13 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ACBF106564A for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:54:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@acm.org) Received: from mail13.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail13.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E49F18FC15 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:54:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-116-103.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.116.103]) by mail13.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p8N8sAD4014846 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:54:11 +1000 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p8N8s9jj016792; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:54:09 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.5/8.14.4/Submit) id p8N8s9Yj016791; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:54:09 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:54:08 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Jason Usher Message-ID: <20110923085408.GA16726@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <1316713529.81545.YahooMailClassic@web121201.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1316713529.81545.YahooMailClassic@web121201.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: redux: 48 or 96 sata3 paths ... specific ZFS hardware proposal X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:54:13 -0000 --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2011-Sep-22 10:45:29 -0700, Jason Usher wrote: >About the only possible downside I can see to this board is that it >only takes 192GB of ram, but that is a LOT of ram ... Not for a 60TB ZFS system with lots (metadata in particular) activity. Even if you don't think you need 192GB, I suggest you populate the board with the largest DIMMs you can afford and leave a bank of slots free so you can fit more RAM in the future. --=20 Peter Jeremy --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk58STAACgkQ/opHv/APuIdrPQCeKopy9zuBrWSYKoE/dA/+m6dE jREAnjh/ALK6uhD4WvVle6+Xx0lIfWH3 =1tXa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT--