[NOTE: The following is a repost from openindiana list... hoping
to gain the benefit of long time experience here as well]
Being much a novice in building for a zfs server, I've cobbled up a
setup with one of those build it online setups... on ebay this one
was. But before I plunge for the green backs. I'd really feel a bit
more confident if a few experienced people ran there eye down the
lineup and see if anything looks like a deal breaker, or needs
changing.
It seems like a decent enough price at 1317 (+ Free shipping) but
again.. I'm not one who would really know if it was or not.
This machine will be used as a home lan zfs server, and will be
handling a fair bit of hefty video and other graphic files since I am
an amateur videographer and need to save certain elements of my
projects for a while after they are sold... A single project can
easily run into a 100GB and more... but usually the parts that need
saving are more like 50-80 gb.
This setup will have the 2 new 1tb discs seen in the build and then
2 500 gb ide disks
2 500 gb sata disks
2 750 gb sata disks
that are still at this moment attached to my old dysfunctional zfs server.
I will set them up in mirrored pairs so will end up with something
like 2.5 TB of usable space. And then of course take off whatever
amount zfs needs for its workings... but anyway it will be a decent
amount of space.
And now the line up:
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price: $1317.00
CONFIGURATION
PARTS: CPU: AMD 64 CPU AM3
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2GHz (Six Core) 45nm, AM3 6MB
Cache
PARTS: Cooling Fans: AMD 64 CPU Fans
Coolermaster GeminII S, 5 Copper Heat Pipes, Dual Cooler CPU
fan
PARTS: Motherboards: AMD 64 AM3 Motherboards
GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H,Onboard Video,HDMI,X-fire,USB
3.0,SATA3,IEEE
PARTS: Memory: DDR3 Dual Channel memory
16GB (4x4GB) PC10600 DDR3 1333 Dual Channel
PARTS: Video & TV Cards: PCI-Express Video cards
NONE SELECTED
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| [Aside: the following drives could as well be 2 TB WD green (as the
| 1tb WD black shown below) for an extra $33 per,(total $66), but I was
| not sure if at some point the shear size begins to be a problem by
| itself for things like scrub or resilvering.
|
| Any comments on that would be welcome too.]
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PARTS: Hard Drives
1000.0GB Western Digital Black 7200RPM SATA 3 6.0Gb/s 64m
cache
PARTS: Hard Drives
1000.0GB Western Digital Black 7200RPM SATA 3 6.0Gb/s 64m
cache
PARTS: CD/DVD/R/RW Drives: DVD Recorders
Lite On 22x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW
PARTS: Sound Cards
Realtek HD digital audio (onboard)
PARTS: Networking: Network Cards
Ethernet network adapter (onboard)
PARTS: Cases / Power Supplies: Cases
Antec P193 Black Case, Full Tower, 11 bays, front USB & eSATA
PARTS: Cooling Fans: Case Fans
Dual Case Fans 120 mm Extra Quiet DC fan (two fans)
PARTS: Power Supply
Corsair 750W ultra quiet ATX Power Supply, SLI & X-fire
ready
PARTS: Speakers
Black Multimedia amplified stereo speakers
SOFTWARE: Operating Systems
NONE SELECTED
PARTS: Assembly and Test
Standard assembly and test 3-5 business days
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