From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 25 18:32:39 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93530106568D; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:32:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mavbsd@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.154]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C24748FC1C; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:32:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id e12so305433fga.13 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:32:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=x52Et8PK7t/Kk68XZ2LAGn4xrdE0aigYg/9K5/J6bTY=; b=QCzegvUd6v1jeoLJErwP7BrHyd/3FD3AxHaR/ptUe5za64cJZCnqsJjBIaZtW82beX 8VymcaNCSpoXZVIBweUkERirdkgD7dYQuceyZLTT2bq7M9lbOqdJJwarkrZIx+Gqxnhg 3CcinNPcFB1DKCkwXU57BSMTcHEiA+8bXSzTg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=HG7WH0gRwWw9v2f9nAeNpDlXNCmbWhJUjP4maw0fyy97CX9NTBdAJO7NvOpHqdHYUN 1rFH/HLIHYgX4qBgRKjK3J4taZlGwJyvfx9O3SYRD017mG/xPDnhyBTCauk06Ec4IrvT UVQ1WeV9fGbWGNobkbbRwv8PIVwZAMjWboxrI= Received: by 10.87.65.9 with SMTP id s9mr11295928fgk.48.1264444357606; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:32:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from mavbook.mavhome.dp.ua (pc.mavhome.dp.ua [212.86.226.226]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 14sm2873540fxm.3.2010.01.25.10.32.35 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:32:36 -0800 (PST) Sender: Alexander Motin Message-ID: <4B5DE3C1.4060508@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:32:33 +0200 From: Alexander Motin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dan Naumov References: <4B5DD7A2.4000101@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: sub.mesa@gmail.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Pete French , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.0-RELEASE/amd64 - full ZFS install - low read and write disk performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:32:39 -0000 Dan Naumov wrote: > Alexander, since you seem to be experienced in the area, what do you > think of these 2 for use in a FreeBSD8 ZFS NAS: > > http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA.cfm?typ=H > http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA.cfm?typ=H&IPMI=Y Unluckily I haven't yet touched Atom family close yet, so I can't say about it's performance. But higher desktop level (even bit old) ICH9R chipset there is IMHO a good option. It is MUCH better then ICH7, often used with previous Atoms. If I had nice small Mini-ITX case with 6 drive bays, I would definitely look for some board like that to build home storage. -- Alexander Motin