From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 11 15:45:16 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 5F0C4106566C for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:45:16 +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 320F48FC16 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:45:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nyi.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A00E550830; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:45:15 +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 fagIeiHwt900; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:45:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from nyi.unixathome.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nyi.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF71A50823; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:45:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 68.64.144.211 (SquirrelMail authenticated user dan) by nyi.unixathome.org with HTTP; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:45:14 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <5585cbeb5531a9135c351213478bf3a5@localhost> References: <4B737401.5080105@langille.org> <4B73F871.9030907@langille.org> <5585cbeb5531a9135c351213478bf3a5@localhost> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:45:14 -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: Dan Langille , 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 15:45:16 -0000 On Thu, February 11, 2010 10:24 am, patpro wrote: > > by the way, more things to say: > > On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:30:41 -0500, Dan Langille wrote: > >>> I would probably go for a SuperWorkstation (www.supermicro.com), like >>> this one for example: >>> http://www.supermicro.nl/products/system/4U/7046/SYS-7046A-6.cfm >>> >>> It's more expensive, for sure, than a combo of Athena case / MSI board, > >>> but it surely rocks. >> >> From Newegg, it's $900 : >> http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101241 > > that's not the same. NewEgg's one is the 7046A-T > http://www.supermicro.nl/products/system/4U/7046/SYS-7046A-T.cfm > > >>> As a cheaper alternative, you might want to consider buying a > SuperMicro >>> (or Tyan) motherboard to put into your Athena case. >> >> That may be an option, but if I did that, I don't think I'd be buying >> the above board. > > and going for the athena case allows you to chose a quiet PSU... I've no > idea about the real noise produced by SuperMicro workstation. I just know > you surely don't want one of their 1U superserver in your house. Definitely not! Even though it'll be in the basement, it would still be heard on the ground floor. FWIW, Supermicro markets this the SYS-5046A-XB as "Whisper Quiet Workstation (27dB) with nVidia® SLI™ and ATI® CrossfireX ™ Technology Support" -- Dan Langille -- http://langille.org/