From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 15 22:50:28 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 BE50D106566C for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:50:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jfarmer@goldsword.com) Received: from gateway05.websitewelcome.com (gateway05.websitewelcome.com [69.93.243.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 794588FC0A for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:50:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 9315 invoked from network); 15 Feb 2010 22:51:24 -0000 Received: from audi.websitewelcome.com (67.19.210.130) by gateway05.websitewelcome.com with SMTP; 15 Feb 2010 22:51:24 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59952) by audi.websitewelcome.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nh9ln-0002Pj-3g for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:50:23 -0600 Received: from 74.171.98.142 ([74.171.98.142]) by www.goldsword.com (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:50:22 -0500 Message-ID: <20100215175022.tthc9qe3moks0so4@www.goldsword.com> Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:50:22 -0500 From: jfarmer@goldsword.com To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <4B786D3A.3000408@langille.org> <4B7980E0.1020907@langille.org> <33955.188.157.184.107.1266267470.squirrel@mail.deployis.eu> <35489.188.157.184.107.1266269362.squirrel@mail.deployis.eu> In-Reply-To: <35489.188.157.184.107.1266269362.squirrel@mail.deployis.eu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.6) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - audi.websitewelcome.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - goldsword.com 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: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:50:28 -0000 Just out of curiousity, would not an older server like this: http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=DL145-5R (~$75 + shipping) or http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=DL360-6R&cat=SYS (~$190 + shipping) be a reasonable option? Unless you're looking to suck every last bit of speed or energy savings out the machine, I would think bumping the memory up on one of these, adding one or more eSATA or SAS interfaces and an external drive rack would result in an exceptional "home" server with several TB of storage, decent speed, still costing less than $1K usd.... John ----------------------------------------------------------------- J. T. Farmer GoldSword Systems, Knoxville TN Coach & Instructor Consulting, Knoxville Academy of the Blade Software Development, Maryville Fencing Club Project Management