Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:45:12 -0500 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: "Tom Evans" <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> Cc: Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage Message-ID: <a586d9acd7436f3fdab4f88114309aef.squirrel@nyi.unixathome.org> In-Reply-To: <2e027be01002090451w2b4506a0ofb5ab55c647540a@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B6F9A8D.4050907@langille.org> <alpine.OSX.2.00.1002090103520.982@hotlap.local> <2e027be01002090451w2b4506a0ofb5ab55c647540a@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, February 9, 2010 7:51 am, Tom Evans wrote: > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Charles Sprickman <spork@bway.net> wrote: >> .... >> Here's the list: >> >> http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=8441629 >> >> Just over $1K, and I've got 4 nice drives, ECC memory, and a server >> board. >> Going with the celeron saved a ton of cash with no impact on ZFS that I >> can >> discern, and again, going with a cheap tower case slashed the cost as >> well. >> That whole combo works great. Now when I use up those 6 SATA ports, >> I >> don't know how to get more cheaply, but I'll worry about that later... >> >> Charles >> > > As long as those SATA ports are AHCI compliant, should work quite > nicely with a SiI port multiplier. Failing that, a simple 2 port SiI > PCI-E SATA card (supported by siis(4) driver) + 2 x SiI port > multiplier would give you 10 extra SATA ports. > > My SiI PCI-E card cost £15, and the PM about £50, so it is about > £13/port, or ~$20/port. Probably can get the components cheaper in the > US actually. I also found some nice simple drive racks for £20/4 > drives - not completely hotswappable, but much easier to replace than > screwed into the case. Now there's an idea. Drive racks? Got a URL? -- Dan Langille -- http://langille.org/
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