From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 11 15:39:01 2010 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 E5F3E1065670 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:39:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from nyi.unixathome.org (nyi.unixathome.org [64.147.113.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8CB18FC12 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:39:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nyi.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D93650830; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:39:01 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at unixathome.org Received: from nyi.unixathome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (nyi.unixathome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id U-vlBCSE5ptj; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:38:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from nyi.unixathome.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nyi.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC4B050823; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:38:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 68.64.144.211 (SquirrelMail authenticated user dan) by nyi.unixathome.org with HTTP; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:38:59 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <03e691c20a65733babf9468e6e690899@localhost> References: <4B737401.5080105@langille.org> <4B73F871.9030907@langille.org> <03e691c20a65733babf9468e6e690899@localhost> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:38:59 -0500 From: "Dan Langille" To: "patpro" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.20-RC2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building a file server for home 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: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:39:02 -0000 On Thu, February 11, 2010 10:12 am, patpro wrote: > >> I take it you are using the above server? If so what RAM and CPU did >> you put into it? > > I don't use this particular hardware, but I use other SuperMicro (1U > SuperServers), or Tyan (Motherboard) hardware, at home and at work for > years. And I'm really happy with both. Thank you. After discussions on IRC, it seems these may be a good choice as well: SUPERMICRO SYS-5046A-XB 4U Server Intel X58 LGA 1366 Intel Core i7 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101236 At $750 it's roughly $150 cheaper Plus it uses a cheaper CPU: Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115202 $290 Then add the RAM and the HDD. -- Dan Langille -- http://langille.org/