From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 9 05:22:41 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 4BEE71065681 for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:22:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike503@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23FDE8FC20 for ; Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:22:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike503@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so2589275wfg.7 for ; Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:22:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :content-disposition; bh=1HSn0jJNBWCVKuHwQST6VuES8qFcHtqgS1t2kKWriA8=; b=oe0WMjYQVUVRLUZhAFD9qlppwmfhxPu/PsQ3FZ3diKsZugxuj7+HK+Vg+UYj/edEoS yIlcbrrNWm7OX8qOia1A35+rRq2AhcqwnFZ8JpNlj/5L86P9QlAyv/jBwpzDFOs9PsJD F7cj5/QH7hDvh58zt8jHUtcGZhrdjA9PDgSoo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=BUFJ++jY9UOX1qar6dgy6NQEHD++3ALCJGa9ZBlssHwWV1WR+bv+JvOlH9XrCYV9es MxSHIKVVGnkQAqcerCwPRLb528rWfxyY/9nXFekwIuqAnrClSGWsOy/HvgSM+gsD6t6m cC+F1HM/2S/uQMuIBfSlijmBW+m2DWaJm3/3w= Received: by 10.142.165.14 with SMTP id n14mr2109508wfe.77.1215579224533; Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:53:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.102.11 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Jul 2008 21:53:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 21:53:44 -0700 From: mike To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Wanting 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: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:22:41 -0000 I'm trying to build the quietest smallest 4 or 6 drive FreeBSD 7 server to use at home for ZFS snapshotting. From the -fs list, it sounds like my idea passes the sanity check. Next is looking for the right hardware. There is a local computer shop I'd prefer to buy things at - www.enuinc.com, if people want to browse that and help me find the best equipment for this I'd be much appreciated. Basically it just needs space for 6 disks, ideally. - Gigabit LAN (single is fine, dual isn't required) - Onboard graphics - Support at least 4GB RAM - Quiet, small, and hopefully power efficient Will be hosting ZFS RAIDZ with all 6 disks (or 5 disks, and one for boot, or something since I think ZFS boot is not stable yet), with 15 filesystems to start and doing rsyncs every so often from remote servers locally and then creating a snapshot (basically creating daily snapshots every day for each server I maintain/backup) here's the stuff i'm not that sure about: mobo - http://www.enuinc.com/mb-775-asu-218.html RAM - would it be better for 2x2GB or 4x1GB? here is the 2x2GB kit: http://www.enuinc.com/m-04g-066-sup-k2.html here is the 2x1GB kits (if the mobo changes and it has 4 slots, I'd buy two): http://www.enuinc.com/m-02g-080-kin.html this is up for debate, too, for something smaller and quieter if possible. i love shuttles, but none of them can do maybe more than 4 disks that i know of... chassis - http://www.enuinc.com/cas-antec-056.html i'm sure of these: optical - chapest dvdrom http://www.enuinc.com/o-cdrd-son-001-black.html cpu - intel core2, whatever makes the most cost effective disks - between 4-6 1TB seagates Would this be good for a 95% dedicated to rsync+ZFS server? I doubt I will use it for anything else. Every hour it would run an rsync job, then snapshot it in ZFS. That's about it. Thanks in advance...