From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 27 02:52:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D65E106564A for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:52:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@dannysplace.net) Received: from mail.dannysplace.net (mail.dannysplace.net [213.133.54.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E40428FC1C for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:52:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@dannysplace.net) Received: from 60-242-243-193.static.tpgi.com.au ([60.242.243.193] helo=[192.168.10.10]) by mail.dannysplace.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1KC3jp-000ELt-3B for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:31:03 +1000 Message-ID: <486450DB.4000907@dannysplace.net> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:30:51 +1000 From: Danny Carroll User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Authenticated-User: danny X-Authenticator: plain X-Sender-Verify: SUCCEEDED (sender exists & accepts mail) X-Exim-Version: 4.68 (build at 19-Oct-2007 16:23:56) X-Date: 2008-06-27 12:31:01 X-Connected-IP: 60.242.243.193:1440 X-Message-Linecount: 34 X-Body-Linecount: 23 X-Message-Size: 1223 X-Body-Size: 823 X-Received-Count: 1 X-Recipient-Count: 1 X-Local-Recipient-Count: 1 X-Local-Recipient-Defer-Count: 0 X-Local-Recipient-Fail-Count: 0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 60.242.243.193 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: fbsd@dannysplace.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on ferrari.dannysplace.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=8.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED, DKIM_POLICY_SIGNSOME,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=disabled version=3.2.1 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mail.dannysplace.net) Subject: new server motherboard with SATA II X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fbsd@dannysplace.net List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:52:05 -0000 Hello all, I'm looking to set up a file server at our office. It's a small office so price is a concern. Performance is also going to be important. The data will be replicated from another site so integrity of the data is not paramount. For this reason I think I'll be able to run with ZFS. I see it as a good opportunity to contribute to getting ZFS stable and non-experimental. What I am really concerned about is the SATA support. If I look at AMD64 as an arch, does anyone have any experience with good IO chipsets that can do full SATA-300? I don't mind if it is a on-board or if I get a good controller card so long as I can get decent performance out of the Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 drives. I'd be willing to go with intel arch although from a ZFS perspective it sounds like AMD64 is better. -D