From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 27 10:04:24 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC6DE106566C for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:04:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from federico.maggi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50DB88FC0A for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:04:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf23 with SMTP id 23so2484424wyf.13 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 03:04:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :subject:date:message-id:to:mime-version:x-mailer; bh=SFey0Ie4RTMGYa55HTSpSGVupEZ5LCcCFHboxvgyjYo=; b=a4297OtQyrphmjoA+FRu2pkGZ6Ckbtq9MMS4vl3k9YZOHXjMIm7oRjRI7KFZ2G08L/ ZD7H9fJDBjvzvGcj0Tdaqt4AAoNbGaVfPMxBPMOZpO6ROsrsZZ9SFOuICyvd3uDqtliz eBxq4n+E0vu2HRTDNFHiBKyfg5p8q54Vbf84o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:subject:date:message-id :to:mime-version:x-mailer; b=ry5zyrjVPwqDXnsz1KS3WeHzWntta1rorH6oabc5YjmRUeH/xFd/+I6McIUXnpeVvX hcQMwBd1SiqN+qrOf9lA0Y7qDJJeNrshXcH32a/kZGqxuV1SvErRMxrp2hinxOqsl9jB B7bprV/7uvfhLFtVHNEto7dQ3X6Mtlj91vK68= Received: by 10.216.145.134 with SMTP id p6mr2547139wej.112.1301218550978; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:35:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ecto.phretor.homeip.net (dynamic-adsl-94-36-243-164.clienti.tiscali.it [94.36.243.164]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id m73sm1022335wej.40.2011.03.27.02.35.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:35:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Maggi Federico Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 11:35:46 +0200 Message-Id: To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Subject: Known issues with ZFS on ICH10R (Intel G45)? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:04:24 -0000 Hello, I am about to buy a mITX board to build a SOHO, ZFS-based NAS = (RAID-Z). My board of choice is the Intel DG45FC [1], mainly because it = has 4 SATA ports and Intel gigabit NIC. My only concern is the ICH10R SATA RAID controller. I've read that ZFS = likes full access to the disks, and that built-in RAID systems (even if = disabled) may lead to poor performances or, worst, errors. This said, my questions are: 1) does anyone have any experience with this board (or at least wit = the ICH10R SATA controller) and ZFS? If not, based on the current status = of the FreeBSD kernel, should I expect issues? 2) do you have experiences with other mITX boards that are known to = work well in terms of ZFS? Thanks in advance. Cheerio, -Fede [1] = http://downloadmirror.intel.com/15992/eng/DG45FC_ProductGuide01_English.pd= f=