From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 27 02:55:05 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 06AD8106567B for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:55:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dean@fragfest.com.au) Received: from aramaki.bong.com.au (aramaki.bong.com.au [202.76.172.99]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA72D8FC13 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:55:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dean@fragfest.com.au) Received: from optimus.optusnet.com.au ([203.10.68.27]) by aramaki.bong.com.au with esmtpa (Exim 4.61 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1KC478-0002P1-IN; Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:55:06 +1000 Message-ID: <4864586B.1020702@fragfest.com.au> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:03:07 +1000 From: Dean Hamstead User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: fbsd@dannysplace.net References: <486450DB.4000907@dannysplace.net> In-Reply-To: <486450DB.4000907@dannysplace.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new server motherboard with SATA II X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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 02:55:05 -0000 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