From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 30 03:33:28 2009 Return-Path: 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 28CCB106566C for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:33:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mkhitrov@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B07108FC0A for ; Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:33:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mkhitrov@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id f40so251793fka.11 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:33:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=obr0D+bD1gYUVLMfk3B8JJI/RYGOGZiVJDoMh0r3ffI=; b=kh/1JSbb0U0D/W8z4wPQsiNt62/upTChWELlYmU1s5ed2XYy2ZcDGFnkIZ3YswqRt/ TnmVvwxQxWrBiDVfZ8eXnt1G0EBxX32RGLx7UJfVSpikJh/0DRNgcF7max81v8nFrosl vvTsuMGvGNXrAhCXJ93hniiEoES0VznBaelSk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=fVY7MY82X25tq5JGtw/FTF8En+wM4rLUJdSmn8E/kKyntNRZ7iN3HvcdTU89zcmRFx /yY+M1zMNnwkMqZzQrVFjl89L/O+riBWmUTMcjcFzJCeuO8KFgaTjiyjwbFrpsI3aIiL mbrTZn81FOgp8cctH5x+NBSdwAYw+aywTWPAg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.115.131 with SMTP id i3mr652428faq.95.1233286406607; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:33:26 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:33:26 -0500 Message-ID: <26ddd1750901291933i31f31328rffcb3e5116cb1bf@mail.gmail.com> From: Maxim Khitrov To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Shuttle for a BSD file server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:33:28 -0000 Greetings, I'm planning to build a new home file server for myself, starting with about 2TB of RAID6 space, but with room to grow in the future. Most of that will be on SATA drives, but I may throw in two SAS drives in RAID1 for the base OS, hence the SAS raid controller and enclosure. The highest priority for this build is data security, followed by performance and uptime. Rather than go for server-grade components, I thought that I should instead try to separate storage from the server itself. It's cheaper (sort of), easier to upgrade in the future, and if the server goes down for some reason, I can just put the raid card into another machine and once again have access to my data. The other advantage with this build is that I already have a Q6600 and some DDR2 memory around, so that will save me money on having to get Xeons and ECC memory. With that in mind, I currently have the following components picked out (listed below). I would like to know whether anyone has used any of these with FreeBSD 7.x, or if you have some other suggestions for what I should look into (am I asking for trouble by using these parts for a 24/7 file server in terms of stability)? I know that the 3ware controller should be supported, but I'm not sure about the Shuttle. How does FreeBSD play with X48 chipset? The drive enclosure obviously doesn't interact with the OS, but I'd still like your opinion on it or maybe some alternatives. Please let me know what you think. - Max Barebone: Shuttle SX48P2 E http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856101070 Raid Card: 3ware 9690SA-8E-KIT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816116062 SAS Enclosure: RAIDAGE iAge840ML2 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816702014