From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 9 12:51:37 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 00AC7106568B for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:51:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f211.google.com (mail-ew0-f211.google.com [209.85.219.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 860748FC0C for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:51:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy3 with SMTP id 3so4525135ewy.13 for ; Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:51:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=o6xRVeIj+CMgdrL5c7zc1QYUcxmyQU0txm3p4QhPP5I=; b=CDHerY9UzwTdUj7cSyiA0zvR3pR7fyCQd3CkPuck1JgaF9s96wk3LQTXufPGpRbvPh Nl1A/5ECU+o6+WTPZD+yMHUrLaXoIzl3EcygojJ7ALVPb0XCwLPEHEGUlw9yQ7FGLDGF zr87UJdrw308Qpaz4ZwgwJx505X8asYB+lzqc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=oZsPc+EgKLkY3TcFK6k151WyxUBmSZtx7owuDPN2jrCVdGu7axERg7d2MXlkED6guX 9RzQsFFvOvTjF8QxJhjY1HMXFdHXn25beF2J4b25NGBh/deDjLQktVeTEjoyNi02rFzM CaOjdvq3Y+14by+SWF7VLx8X5QSNtzKtkIQMw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.64.74 with SMTP id d10mr5044290ebi.7.1265719895287; Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:51:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4B6F9A8D.4050907@langille.org> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:51:35 +0000 Message-ID: <2e027be01002090451w2b4506a0ofb5ab55c647540a@mail.gmail.com> From: Tom Evans To: Charles Sprickman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Stable , Dan Langille 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: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:51:37 -0000 On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Charles Sprickman 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