From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 14 23:31:37 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 806A7106566C for ; Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:31:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from nyi.unixathome.org (nyi.unixathome.org [64.147.113.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 567A28FC19 for ; Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:31:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nyi.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0F6950843; Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:31:36 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at unixathome.org Received: from nyi.unixathome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (nyi.unixathome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BFph9JAoBW87; Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:31:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-auth.unixathome.org (smtp-auth.unixathome.org [10.4.7.7]) (Authenticated sender: hidden) by nyi.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 90C3850842 ; Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:31:35 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <4B7887D6.8000107@langille.org> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:31:34 -0500 From: Dan Langille User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dmitry Morozovsky References: <4B6F9A8D.4050907@langille.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD Stable Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:31:37 -0000 Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: > On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Dan Langille wrote: > > DL> I'm looking at creating a large home use storage machine. Budget is a > DL> concern, but size and reliability are also a priority. Noise is also a > DL> concern, since this will be at home, in the basement. That, and cost, > DL> pretty much rules out a commercial case, such as a 3U case. It would be > DL> nice, but it greatly inflates the budget. This pretty much restricts me to > DL> a tower case. > > [snip] > > We use the following at work, but it's still pretty cheap and pretty silent: > > Chieftec WH-02B-B (9x5.25 bays) $130 http://www.ncixus.com/products/33591/WH-02B-B-OP/Chieftec/ but not available $87.96 at http://www.xpcgear.com/chieftec-wh-02b-b-mid-tower-case.html http://www.chieftec.com/wh02b-b.html > filled with > > 2 x Supermicro CSE-MT35T > http://www.supermicro.nl/products/accessories/mobilerack/CSE-M35T-1.cfm > for regular storage, 2 x raidz1 I could not find a price on that, but guessing at $100 each > 1 x Promise SuperSwap 1600 > http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?product_id=169 > for changeable external backups $100 from http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Promise-SuperSwap-1600-Drive-Enclosure/2639699/product.html So that's $390. Not bad. Still need RAM, M/B, PSU, and possibly video. > and still have 2 5.25 bays for anything interesting ;-) I'd be filling those three with DVD-RW and two SATA drives in a gmirror configuration. > other parts are regular SocketAM2+ motherboard, Athlon X4, 8G ram, > FreeBSD/amd64 Let's say $150 for the M/B, $150 for the CPU, and $200 for the RAM. Total is $890. Nice.