I already use OI 151a9 on a HP N54L server since 2013 but I build it poorly, with 2x2TB in basic ZFS mirror and 1 very old 250GB for OI itself.
To prevent myself from disaster I searched for a bargain and found something nicely second hand, so I bought an HP ML350G6 with the (infamous) P410i RAID card with 512MB RAM and battery backup. Server has 1 Xeon L5630, 6x 3,5" SAS/SATA bays and 32 GB RAM. It should consume low power due to the 40W processor. it is just a little bit bigger then the HP microserver ;-) But now I have a battery backupped HD controller, 32GB RAM and 6 3,5" bays and it was cheaper than a new Microserver. The server is for home use. I would appreciate suggestions based on the following needs: 1. the server needs to run several Solaris zones for testing and separating different jobs 2. the server needs to have SATA drives (WD RED series) 2,3 or 4 TB each 3. idea is to create a ZFS RAID Z2 pool with 4 or more drives The questions I have: 1. What should I install: OI Hipster or OI 151a8 or ?? 2. What is the current limit for OI and WD RED series SATA drive sizes? 3. I could create a RAID1 config on the P410i with 2x 500GB for the OI OS, then I am a bit safer regarding disk failure. But would it work? 4. Because the P410i doesn't have JBOD function I want to set all disks as RAID0 single disk and create a ZFS pool around them, or ? Br, Roel _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
