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Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org>
To: "Wes Morgan" <morganw@chemikals.org>
Cc: "FreeBSD Stable" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2010 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage


>>>> Whether I use hardware or software RAID is undecided.  I
>>>>
>>>> I think I am leaning towards software RAID, probably ZFS under FreeBSD 8.x
>>>> but I'm open to hardware RAID but I think the cost won't justify it given
>>>> ZFS.
>>>>
>>>> Given that, what motherboard and RAM configuration would you recommend to
>>>> work with FreeBSD [and probably ZFS].  The lists seems to indicate that more
>>>> RAM is better with ZFS.
>>>>

.....

> That is a nice card.  However, I don't want hardware RAID.  I want ZFS.

I hope its not too rude to ask, and with no rudeness intended.

Is ZFS better under FreeBSD or Open Solaris? (I gather an server version of open solaris is less than a couple of months away.)