[zfs-discuss] Re: Cheap ZFS homeserver.

2008-01-15 Thread Marcus Sundman
> So I was hoping that this board would work: [...]GA-M57SLI-S4 I've been looking at that very same board for the very same purpose. It has 2 gb nics, 6 sata ports, supports ECC memory and is passively cooled. And it's very cheap compared to most systems that people recommend for running OpenSolar

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Cheap ZFS homeserver.

2007-01-31 Thread Nathan Kroenert
Urk! Where is this documented? And - is it something you can do nothing about, or are we ultimately trying to address it somewhere / somehow? Thanks!! Nathan. Bill Moore wrote: On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 05:01:19AM -0800, Tom Buskey wrote: As a followup, the system I'm trying to use this on i

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Cheap ZFS homeserver.

2007-01-31 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Tom, Wednesday, January 31, 2007, 2:01:19 PM, you wrote: TB> As a followup, the system I'm trying to use this on is a dual PII TB> 400 with 512MB. Real low budget. TB> 2 500 GB drives with 2 120 GB in a RAIDZ. The idea is that I can TB> get 2 more 500 GB drives later to get full capacity

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Cheap ZFS homeserver.

2007-01-31 Thread Bill Moore
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 05:01:19AM -0800, Tom Buskey wrote: > As a followup, the system I'm trying to use this on is a dual PII 400 > with 512MB. Real low budget. > > 2 500 GB drives with 2 120 GB in a RAIDZ. The idea is that I can get > 2 more 500 GB drives later to get full capacity. I tested

Re: [zfs-discuss] Re: Cheap ZFS homeserver.

2007-01-31 Thread Bart Smaalders
Tom Buskey wrote: As a followup, the system I'm trying to use this on is a dual PII 400 with 512MB. Real low budget. 2 500 GB drives with 2 120 GB in a RAIDZ. The idea is that I can get 2 more 500 GB drives later to get full capacity. I tested going from a 20GB to a 120GB and that worked w

[zfs-discuss] Re: Cheap ZFS homeserver.

2007-01-31 Thread Tom Buskey
As a followup, the system I'm trying to use this on is a dual PII 400 with 512MB. Real low budget. 2 500 GB drives with 2 120 GB in a RAIDZ. The idea is that I can get 2 more 500 GB drives later to get full capacity. I tested going from a 20GB to a 120GB and that worked well. I'm finding th

[zfs-discuss] Re: Cheap ZFS homeserver.

2007-01-30 Thread Wes Williams
> On 1/18/07, . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > SYBA SD-SATA-4P PCI SATA Controller Card ( > http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E168 > 15124020 ) > > >From my home ZFS server setup, I had tried two Syba SD-SATA2-2E2I PCI-X SATA >II Controller Cards without any luck; both cards' BI

[zfs-discuss] Re: Cheap ZFS homeserver.

2007-01-19 Thread Tom Buskey
>However, I don't think OpenSolaris/Solaris support these unless the >Addonics eSATA PCI-X adapter supports them. I have not figured that >one out yet. All I know is I want ZFS. I'm not using the multiplier, but I am using the 4 port Addonics eSATA PCI-X card in a PCI slot, btw - eSATA == SATA w