Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:07:53 -0500 From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage Message-ID: <4B7803B9.1040102@langille.org> In-Reply-To: <201002141735.18275.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <4B6F9A8D.4050907@langille.org> <4B779561.7000205@langille.org> <201002141735.18275.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Sun, 14 Feb 2010, Dan Langille wrote: >> After creating three different system configurations (Athena, >> Supermicro, and HP), my configuration of choice is this Supermicro >> setup: >> >> 1. Samsung SATA CD/DVD Burner $20 (+ $8 shipping) >> 2. SuperMicro 5046A $750 (+$43 shipping) >> 3. LSI SAS 3081E-R $235 >> 4. SATA cables $60 >> 5. Crucial 3×2G ECC DDR3-1333 $191 (+ $6 shipping) >> 6. Xeon W3520 $310 >> >> Total price with shipping $1560 >> >> Details and links at http://dan.langille.org/2010/02/14/supermicro/ >> >> I'll probably start with 5 HDD in the ZFS array, 2x gmirror'd drives >> for the boot, and 1 optical drive (so 8 SATA ports). > > That is f**king expensive for a home setup :) > > I priced a decent ZFS PC for a small business and it was AUD$2500 > including the disks (5x750Gb), case, PSU etc.. Yes, and this one doesn't yet have HDD. Can you supply details of your system?home | help
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