Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2013-10-07 Thread Adam McDougall
Finally got around to it, kern/182818. Thanks for the encouragement. On 10/12/12 11:14, Adam McDougall wrote: I did not, but I put it on my list to try to accomplish. On 10/11/12 13:41, Adrian Chadd wrote: Did you ever file a PR for the slow SATA behaviour? Adrian On 11 October 2012 09:52

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-13 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 3:55 AM, Hendrik Hasenbein wrote: > On 12.10.2012 13:12, Rainer Duffner wrote: >> Does FreeNAS do VLANs? > > I am not sure if it is available on the graphical interface, but you can > get a rootshell to leave the confines of the gui. It is, but if you go to the CLI then yo

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-13 Thread Hendrik Hasenbein
On 12.10.2012 13:12, Rainer Duffner wrote: > Does FreeNAS do VLANs? I am not sure if it is available on the graphical interface, but you can get a rootshell to leave the confines of the gui. mata ne, Hendrik signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-12 Thread Alexander Leidinger
On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:51:06 +0200 Ulrich Spörlein wrote: > For longevity, I'd have a bit more confidence if this was an IvyBridge > system ... Now that FreeBSD somewhat supports the Intel HD graphics, I > might even slap on XBMC. And yes, living room + low noise is key, aka > Wife Acceptance Fac

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-12 Thread Asen Varsanov
On 10/11/2012 04:54 PM, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: > Hey guys, > > I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system that has been serving as my > router, access point, file- and mediaserver for quite some time now. The > replacement should have: > > - amd64 CPU (for ZFS, obviously) > - 2x GigE (igress, e

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-12 Thread Michael Reifenberger
Hi, I have a Supermicros X7SPA-HF-D525 running as a fileserver. Six SATA connectors on board and runs flawlessly with eight GiB Mem. On Thu, 11 Oct 2012, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:54:53 +0200 From: Ulrich Spörlein To: curr...@freebsd.org Subject: Buying recommendation fo

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-12 Thread Adam McDougall
I did not, but I put it on my list to try to accomplish. On 10/11/12 13:41, Adrian Chadd wrote: Did you ever file a PR for the slow SATA behaviour? Adrian On 11 October 2012 09:52, Adam McDougall wrote: On 10/11/12 12:05, Gary Palmer wrote: On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 04:54:53PM +0200, Ulri

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-12 Thread Ulrich Spörlein
On Fri, 2012-10-12 at 13:03:23 +0200, Hendrik Hasenbein wrote: > On 12.10.2012 11:03, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: > > On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 17:05:46 +0200, Rainer Duffner wrote: > >> Am Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:54:53 +0200 > >> schrieb Ulrich Spörlein : > >> > >>> Hey guys, > >>> > >>> I need to replace an a

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-12 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:03:10 +0200 schrieb Ulrich Spörlein : > Interesting one, with only one GigE port though, both PCIe slots would > need to be populated to get a second Ethernet and a Wifi port ... As said, it would be better to use a 2nd system (ALIX only uses 5-10W or so) for WIFI (and eve

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-12 Thread Hendrik Hasenbein
On 12.10.2012 11:03, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: > On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 17:05:46 +0200, Rainer Duffner wrote: >> Am Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:54:53 +0200 >> schrieb Ulrich Spörlein : >> >>> Hey guys, >>> >>> I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system that has been serving as >>> my router, access point, fi

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-12 Thread Tom Evans
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: > Btw, eSATA is supposed to simply show up as another SATA port in > FreeBSD, right? No special driver supported needed for that one? Yep, I have an eSATA hard drive dock, drop the drive in and it is instantly recognised. The eSATA port in

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-12 Thread Ulrich Spörlein
On Fri, 2012-10-12 at 10:48:22 +0300, Volodymyr Kostyrko wrote: > 11.10.2012 17:54, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system that has been serving as my > > router, access point, file- and mediaserver for quite some time now. The > > replacement shou

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-12 Thread Ulrich Spörlein
On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 17:05:46 +0200, Rainer Duffner wrote: > Am Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:54:53 +0200 > schrieb Ulrich Spörlein : > > > Hey guys, > > > > I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system that has been serving as > > my router, access point, file- and mediaserver for quite some time > > now

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-12 Thread Volodymyr Kostyrko
11.10.2012 17:54, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: Hey guys, I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system that has been serving as my router, access point, file- and mediaserver for quite some time now. The replacement should have: - amd64 CPU (for ZFS, obviously) - 2x GigE (igress, egress interfaces) -

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-11 Thread matt
On 10/11/12 07:54, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: Hey guys, I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system that has been serving as my router, access point, file- and mediaserver for quite some time now. The replacement should have: - amd64 CPU (for ZFS, obviously) - 2x GigE (igress, egress interfaces) -

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-11 Thread Nenhum_de_Nos
On Thu, October 11, 2012 14:53, Rainer Duffner wrote: > > Am 11.10.2012 um 18:52 schrieb Adam McDougall : >> >> Be wary of the Soekris net6501, > > […] > > The Soekris, AFAIK, is an embedded platform. > It doesn't surprise me the least that it's not good at I/O. I second that. Tried to use a 6501

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-11 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am 11.10.2012 um 18:52 schrieb Adam McDougall : > > Be wary of the Soekris net6501, […] The Soekris, AFAIK, is an embedded platform. It doesn't surprise me the least that it's not good at I/O. That's the reason why I suggested the HP. At least, it does decent I/O, if you want to believe report

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-11 Thread Adrian Chadd
Did you ever file a PR for the slow SATA behaviour? Adrian On 11 October 2012 09:52, Adam McDougall wrote: > On 10/11/12 12:05, Gary Palmer wrote: >> >> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 04:54:53PM +0200, Ulrich Sp??rlein wrote: >>> >>> Hey guys, >>> >>> I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system tha

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-11 Thread Adam McDougall
On 10/11/12 12:05, Gary Palmer wrote: On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 04:54:53PM +0200, Ulrich Sp??rlein wrote: Hey guys, I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system that has been serving as my router, access point, file- and mediaserver for quite some time now. The replacement should have: - amd64 C

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-11 Thread Guido Falsi
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 12:05:45PM -0400, Sean Cavanaugh wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: owner-freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > curr...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ulrich Spörlein > > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:55 AM > > To: curr...@freebsd.org > > Subje

RE: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-11 Thread Sean Cavanaugh
> -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > curr...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Ulrich Spörlein > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 10:55 AM > To: curr...@freebsd.org > Subject: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver > > Hey guys, > > I

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-11 Thread Gary Palmer
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 04:54:53PM +0200, Ulrich Sp??rlein wrote: > Hey guys, > > I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system that has been serving as my > router, access point, file- and mediaserver for quite some time now. The > replacement should have: > > - amd64 CPU (for ZFS, obviously) > -

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-11 Thread Tom Evans
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Ulrich Spörlein wrote: > Hey guys, > > I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system that has been serving as my > router, access point, file- and mediaserver for quite some time now. The > replacement should have: > > - amd64 CPU (for ZFS, obviously) > - 2x GigE (i

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-11 Thread Mark Blackman
On 11 Oct 2012, at 16:05, Rainer Duffner wrote: > Am Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:54:53 +0200 > schrieb Ulrich Spörlein : >> >> So how well is networking going to be supported by FreeBSD? Should I >> just bite the bullet and find out? > > > > What about the > > HP ProLiant N40L > ? > > It's not fa

Re: Buying recommendation for silent router/fileserver

2012-10-11 Thread Rainer Duffner
Am Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:54:53 +0200 schrieb Ulrich Spörlein : > Hey guys, > > I need to replace an aging Pentium IV system that has been serving as > my router, access point, file- and mediaserver for quite some time > now. The replacement should have: > > - amd64 CPU (for ZFS, obviously) > - 2x