From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 25 18:39:05 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 6CB5E10656EE; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:39:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan.naumov@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f171.google.com (mail-yx0-f171.google.com [209.85.210.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 989868FC1F; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:39:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe1 with SMTP id 1so3074706yxe.3 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:39:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=QCTb72G72iYvVessua3UeOR1nv/wXzNbeFrePJ64fAM=; b=j5ZN1Xhf1AGy965Hcf1bq4lg8Cui34jMifLHy3BzxYGT5HnXA5vKOzuLsy7XGP7KWX NkFDH1GBU+PqJNvXms1E/YjkFGskS3BCnQqf1E2wAjcdBdRur3cdSReZ9GHZJWlL8A2u t3F4qp/Whbofiqqf91BT+qFtmMRo57SQEWscM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=TeP6Pq0aiLvuPulbRUWW0eRnyII7jmtG66WAcj2IWxCsgXlgHNlfKh+uQMeLRvtfhP cawR3OGk48NAe+q0cDWksQSJ6U1/WkZMzP5Ko9LyNVuwhw4wePqsyN9iXYX4kaQCba0D qZX3VwMfc9/WrYNT2Rl6BDpphjU79qsyJ3CHM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.220.13 with SMTP id s13mr5484672ang.101.1264444741488; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:39:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B5DE3C1.4060508@FreeBSD.org> References: <4B5DD7A2.4000101@FreeBSD.org> <4B5DE3C1.4060508@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:39:01 +0200 Message-ID: From: Dan Naumov To: Alexander Motin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: sub.mesa@gmail.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Pete French , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, wonslung@gmail.com, bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us, Artem Belevich Subject: Re: 8.0-RELEASE/amd64 - full ZFS install - low read and write disk performance 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: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:39:05 -0000 On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Alexander Motin wrote: > 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 CPU-performance-wise, I am not really worried. The current system is an Atom 330 and even that is a bit overkill for what I do with it and from what I am seeing, the new Atom D510 used on those boards is a tiny bit faster. What I want and care about for this system are reliability, stability, low power use, quietness and fast disk read/write speeds. I've been hearing some praise of ICH9R and 6 native SATA ports should be enough for my needs. AFAIK, the Intel 82574L network cards included on those are also very well supported? - Sincerely, Dan Naumov