From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 15 00:55:02 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 0C36E1065740 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:55:02 +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 64B158FC14 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:55:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nyi.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0949B50908; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:55:01 +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 MJIDzQy134AC; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:54:59 +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 990D7508E7 ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:54:59 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <4B789B61.2070600@langille.org> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:54:57 -0500 From: Dan Langille User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Charles Sprickman References: <4B786D3A.3000408@langille.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List , Dan Naumov 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 00:55:02 -0000 Charles Sprickman wrote: > On Sun, 14 Feb 2010, 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. > > $1200, and I'll run any benchmarks you'd like to see: > > http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=8441629 > > > This box is really only for backups, so no fancy CPU. The sub-$100 > celeron seems to not impact ZFS performance a bit. It does have ECC > memory, and a fancy "server" mainboard. That's pretty neat. Especially given it has 4x1TB of disks. For my needs, I'd like a bigger case and PSU: $720 without HDD. https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=8918889 My system will have a minimum of 8 SATA devices (5 for ZFS, 2 for the gmirror'd OS, and 1 for the optical drive). Thus, I'd still need to buy another SATA controller on top of the above. Thank you.