From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 25 20:34:58 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 49458106568F; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:34:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mavbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f227.google.com (mail-fx0-f227.google.com [209.85.220.227]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76CD48FC1E; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:34:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm27 with SMTP id 27so1227178fxm.3 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:34:56 -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=oVRY+Su/J/ScL502cZEdc1r1uSa5EvtN93PVQdchD0o=; b=FGTtx1cDTPAeJRDstvzHKdeOkCM3ekxgGXpwWF1xQ80SMxL+gTIHci1KDgM6u25t2q qT4cox8B7nu4N8cbLlBeipX2pcBXUowktMbZ558RjMbf7nv3nTMtvSp7/uAnphN/q0fp mUx/PZhy7GmvVX0jdKdDu6Lke8iPTCv8rHGro= 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=coVQ4Fk86R9Sl0f9yQf5PXg4DpDXRGJlYVgRINB64IgoxeUsMVwL7uq1U0E/kf8CZZ 2oNhyJz4gRyLaRW+EglzVEPDVspd9WwvIUKx1C8Do75VWIbV4LHnqiiHpnfIlYzn7imF 9NvFniMqUnWaV2L9QWUaGT6ItQWZ89TT3g3Ts= Received: by 10.223.3.135 with SMTP id 7mr7452629fan.21.1264451696497; Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:34:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from mavbook.mavhome.dp.ua (pc.mavhome.dp.ua [212.86.226.226]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 14sm2944360fxm.11.2010.01.25.12.34.55 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:34:56 -0800 (PST) Sender: Alexander Motin Message-ID: <4B5E006D.1000302@FreeBSD.org> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:34:53 +0200 From: Alexander Motin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091212) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Whitehouse References: <4B5DD7A2.4000101@FreeBSD.org> <4B5DE3C1.4060508@FreeBSD.org> <4B5DFE78.3010805@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <4B5DFE78.3010805@onetel.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:53:22 +0000 Cc: sub.mesa@gmail.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Pete French , Dan Naumov , Artem Belevich , freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, wonslung@gmail.com, bfriesen@simple.dallas.tx.us, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 20:34:58 -0000 Chris Whitehouse wrote: > Dan Naumov wrote: >> >> 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? > > These might be interesting then > www.fit-pc.com > The Intel US15W SCH chipset or System Controller Hub as it's called is > mentioned in hardware notes for 8.0R and 7.2R but only for snd_hda, I > don't know if this means other functions are supported or not. This > thread says it is supported > http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-i386/2010/01/03/msg001695.html Intel US15W (SCH) chipset heavily stripped and tuned for netbooks. It has no SATA, only one PATA channel. It is mostly supported by FreeBSD, but with exception of video, which makes it close to useless. it has only one benefit - low power consumption. -- Alexander Motin