From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 4 21:00:11 2010 Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67432106564A for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 21:00:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.223.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FDA58FC0C for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 21:00:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn12 with SMTP id 12so1628936iwn.14 for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:00:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=wkTojyYH6+YrWveTgJnvPn9d4u1xr/dEt1u7MMWeSEE=; b=sSh9zmzJlFqWP4+dnB/rB1OhvNiQyBjAXbxz+V1GExT3D2Jzp4Km5q5sh+sputSf7Q Tw0F7o+9QcWR6r+qVTQGIrhx2jECg4NrpuXqYGM8fN7d4bAoFyxiTwsSKUAL1emeAI6i XOb6rEsRKBxKj0vOc23ExPf0wb+zCps2y7Vps= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=jV5/4Qj/eFovKA1awHUlaqJc6VXrXwXkp7bJrhev74i7qY1r5tLxLz3OKqUY6OVE7I qarn0NRQqJ24g4S4IiOP1SdxjXd47kMc9bBgdJrleyta6sIZJb2AZYmL8RuLN/+dJo/S hM7TXfitQ+YlI8581wsF2xml5DqTtJTW1nXtE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.152.209 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Apr 2010 14:00:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100404082033.GW40253@felucia.tataz.chchile.org> References: <20100404082033.GW40253@felucia.tataz.chchile.org> Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 15:00:09 -0600 Received: by 10.231.145.17 with SMTP id b17mr1680793ibv.94.1270414809887; Sun, 04 Apr 2010 14:00:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <q2yade45ae91004041400z15f08762u604b79bcc283c658@mail.gmail.com> From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Support for Zotac MB with nVidia ION chipset X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions> List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:00:11 -0000 On 4/4/10, Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> wrote: > Hi, > > --->> Please Cc: me when replying, I'm not subscribed. <<--- > > I plan to purchase a Zotac motherboard with a embedded ATOM processor. > It uses an NVidia chipset. > > http://www.zotacusa.com/zotac-ionitx-f-e-atom-n330-1-6ghz-dual-core-mini-itx-intel-motherboard.html > > My intent is to build a small NAS with ZFS and NFS/CIFS. I'd like to > know if anyone successfully ran FreeBSD on this motherboard and what > performance could be achieved, especially if ZFS is used. I checked the > archives without luck. > > Thanks! > -- > Jeremie Le Hen A NAS w/ ZFS, NFS and CIFS/SMB, doesn't need any feature of the ion chipset. Why are you electing for this board if you're not running any graphical environment? And ZFS is memory hungry, the Atom is a i386-like chip, so you'd have too much overhead with ZFS. I think you've elected the wrong board for your purposes. Will FreeBSD run on it? yes. I have freebsd on another atom N-series ASUS box. --Tim