Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:51:35 +0000 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage Message-ID: <2e027be01002090451w2b4506a0ofb5ab55c647540a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.OSX.2.00.1002090103520.982@hotlap.local> References: <4B6F9A8D.4050907@langille.org> <alpine.OSX.2.00.1002090103520.982@hotlap.local>
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On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net> wrote: > .... > Here's the list: > > http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=3D= 8441629 > > Just over $1K, and I've got 4 nice drives, ECC memory, and a server board= . > Going with the celeron saved a ton of cash with no impact on ZFS that I c= an > discern, and again, going with a cheap tower case slashed the cost as wel= l. > =C2=A0That whole combo works great. =C2=A0Now when I use up those 6 SATA = ports, I > don't know how to get more cheaply, but I'll worry about that later... > > Charles > As long as those SATA ports are AHCI compliant, should work quite nicely with a SiI port multiplier. Failing that, a simple 2 port SiI PCI-E SATA card (supported by siis(4) driver) + 2 x SiI port multiplier would give you 10 extra SATA ports. My SiI PCI-E card cost =C2=A315, and the PM about =C2=A350, so it is about =C2=A313/port, or ~$20/port. Probably can get the components cheaper in the US actually. I also found some nice simple drive racks for =C2=A320/4 drives - not completely hotswappable, but much easier to replace than screwed into the case. Cheers Tom
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