Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:03:07 +1000 From: Dean Hamstead <dean@fragfest.com.au> To: fbsd@dannysplace.net Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new server motherboard with SATA II Message-ID: <4864586B.1020702@fragfest.com.au> In-Reply-To: <486450DB.4000907@dannysplace.net> References: <486450DB.4000907@dannysplace.net>
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I have had good success with nforce boards with release-7.0 sataII seems to work well. Dean Danny Carroll wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- http://fragfest.com.au
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