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Date:      Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:21:40 -0800
From:      KAYVEN RIESE <kayve@sfsu.edu>
To:        Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Building a file server for home
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOC.4.64.1002101921340.23572@libra.sfsu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <4B737401.5080105@langille.org>
References:  <4B737401.5080105@langille.org>

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What about the wire?

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Dan Langille wrote:

> This is a continuation of a post I started in -stable. 
> http://marc.info/?t=126560537900002&r=1&w=2
>
> I'm going to be running FreeBSD 8.x with RAIDZ.  Most of what I've decided 
> upon / has been suggested is at 
> http://dan.langille.org/2010/02/10/the-file-server/
>
> In short, I'm pretty much decided upon this case:
>
> * Athena Power CA-SWH01BH8 Pedestal case
> * http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811192058
> * contains 2 SATAx4 Hot-Swap HDD bays
> * sounds like good value for a case with hot swap
> * got a better case?
>
> Various suggestions have been made for the motherboard and HDD.  I'm asking 
> you folks for suggestions based on what you know.
>
> Here's the list of items to be selected, but feel free to suggest stuff not 
> listed:
>
> * mother board
> * power supply
> * hard drives
> * RAM
> * perhaps a caching SSD
>
> If the motherboard lacks the SATA connections, I'm probably going to use the 
> Syba PCI Express SATA II 4 x Ports RAID Controller Card SY-PEX40008:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Syba-Express-Ports-Controller-SY-PEX40008/dp/B002R0DZWQ/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1258452902&sr=1-22
>
>
> Thanks.
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