Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:39:03 -0300 From: Olivier Gautherot <olivier@gautherot.net> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: patpro <patpro@patpro.net>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building a file server for home Message-ID: <dcfb161c1002110939k65649188p38c0bea050e635d0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ea40c00d8e10a788cc93fa01b51d91d5.squirrel@nyi.unixathome.org> References: <4B737401.5080105@langille.org> <E6886B4A-6F05-4C5D-9864-519B63E40F6F@patpro.net> <4B73F871.9030907@langille.org> <5585cbeb5531a9135c351213478bf3a5@localhost> <ea40c00d8e10a788cc93fa01b51d91d5.squirrel@nyi.unixathome.org>
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On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> wrote: > > 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 <dan@langille.org> > 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 boar= d, > >>> but it surely rocks. > >> > >> From Newegg, it's $900 : > >> http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=3DN82E16816101241 > > > > 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 n= o > > idea about the real noise produced by SuperMicro workstation. I just kn= ow > > 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=AE SLI=99 and ATI=AE CrossfireX =99 Techno= logy > Support" As a cheap alternative, I have an Atom 330 motherboard which works great - and would certainly be sufficient for a home server. FreeBSD sees is as a 4-processor motherboard. Its low power consumption is a good candidate for = a quiet case. You can get them for less than USD 100,- with processor in the USA (tax included). You just need to add memory and a disk for a complete system. For my benchmark: it compiles Openoffice in 6 to 7 hours :-) Not bad for a 20W motherboard... Cheers -- Olivier Gautherot olivier@gautherot.net Cel:+56 98 730 9361 www.gautherot.net http://www.linkedin.com/in/ogautherot
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