From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 15 00:22:48 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 B7CC8106566C for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:22:48 +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 8C42F8FC0A for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:22:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nyi.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB2C850843; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:22:47 +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 Kior83BrGL-e; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:22:46 +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 5B3E250823 ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:22:46 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <4B7893D4.4010908@langille.org> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:22:44 -0500 From: Dan Langille User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dan Naumov , FreeBSD Stable References: <4B786D3A.3000408@langille.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: 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: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:22:48 -0000 Dan Naumov wrote: > On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Dan Langille wrote: >> Dan Naumov wrote: >>>> On Sun, 14 Feb 2010, Dan Langille wrote: >>>>> After creating three different system configurations (Athena, >>>>> Supermicro, and HP), my configuration of choice is this Supermicro >>>>> setup: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Samsung SATA CD/DVD Burner $20 (+ $8 shipping) >>>>> 2. SuperMicro 5046A $750 (+$43 shipping) >>>>> 3. LSI SAS 3081E-R $235 >>>>> 4. SATA cables $60 >>>>> 5. Crucial 3×2G ECC DDR3-1333 $191 (+ $6 shipping) >>>>> 6. Xeon W3520 $310 >>> You do realise how much of a massive overkill this is and how much you >>> are overspending? >> >> I appreciate the comments and feedback. I'd also appreciate alternative >> suggestions in addition to what you have contributed so far. Spec out the >> box you would build. > > ====================== > Case: Fractal Design Define R2 - 89 euro - > http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&prod=32 That is a nice case. It's one slot short for what I need. The trays are great. I want three more slots for 2xSATA for a gmirror base-OS and an optical drive. As someone mentioned on IRC, there are many similar non hot-swap cases. From the website, I couldn't see this for sale in USA. But converting your price, to US$, it is about $121. Looking around, this case was suggested to me. I like it a lot: LIAN LI PC-A71F Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case $240 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112244 > Mobo/CPU: Supermicro X7SPA-H / Atom D510 - 180-220 euro - > http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA.cfm?typ=H Non-ECC RAM, which is something I'd like to have. $175 > PSU: Corsair 400CX 80+ - 59 euro - > http://www.corsair.com/products/cx/default.aspx http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008 for $50 Is that sufficient power up to 10 SATA HDD and an optical drive? > RAM: Corsair 2x2GB, DDR2 800MHz SO-DIMM, CL5 - 85 euro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145238 $82 > ====================== > Total: ~435 euro With my options, it's about $640 with shipping etc. > The motherboard has 6 native AHCI-capable ports on ICH9R controller > and you have a PCI-E slot free if you want to add an additional > controller card. Feel free to blow the money you've saved on crazy > fast SATA disks and if your system workload is going to have a lot of > random reads, then spend 200 euro on a 80gb Intel X25-M for use as a > dedicated L2ARC device for your pool. I have been playing with the idea of an L2ARC device. They sound crazy cool. Thank you Dan. -- dan