Re: [zfs-discuss] White box server for OpenSolaris

2009-09-25 Thread Erik Trimble
From a product standpoint, expanding the variety available in the Storage 7000 (Amber Road) line is somewhere I think we'd (Sun) make bank on. Things like: [ for the home/very small business market ] Mini-Tower sized case, 4-6 3.5" HS SATA-only bays (to take the X2200-style spud bracket drives

Re: [zfs-discuss] White box server for OpenSolaris

2009-09-25 Thread Enrico Maria Crisostomo
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Toby Thain wrote: > > On 25-Sep-09, at 2:58 PM, Frank Middleton wrote: > >> On 09/25/09 11:08 AM, Travis Tabbal wrote: >>> >>> ... haven't heard if it's a known >>> bug or if it will be fixed in the next version... >> >> Out of courtesy to our host, Sun makes some

Re: [zfs-discuss] White box server for OpenSolaris

2009-09-25 Thread Toby Thain
On 25-Sep-09, at 2:58 PM, Frank Middleton wrote: On 09/25/09 11:08 AM, Travis Tabbal wrote: ... haven't heard if it's a known bug or if it will be fixed in the next version... Out of courtesy to our host, Sun makes some quite competitive X86 hardware. I have absolutely no idea how difficult

Re: [zfs-discuss] White box server for OpenSolaris

2009-09-25 Thread Frank Middleton
On 09/25/09 11:08 AM, Travis Tabbal wrote: ... haven't heard if it's a known bug or if it will be fixed in the next version... Out of courtesy to our host, Sun makes some quite competitive X86 hardware. I have absolutely no idea how difficult it is to buy Sun machines retail, but it seems they

Re: [zfs-discuss] White box server for OpenSolaris

2009-09-25 Thread Travis Tabbal
> I am after suggestions of motherboard, CPU and ram. > Basically I want ECC ram and at least two PCI-E x4 > channels. As I want to run 2 x AOC-USAS_L8i cards > for 16 drives. Asus M4N82 Deluxe. I have one running with 2 USAS-L8i cards just fine. I don't have all the drives loaded in yet, but t

Re: [zfs-discuss] White box server for OpenSolaris

2009-09-25 Thread Jason King
It does seem to come up regularly... perhaps someone with access could throw up a page under the ZFS community with the conclusions (and periodic updates as appropriate).. On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 3:32 AM, Erik Trimble wrote: > Nathan wrote: >> >> While I am about to embark on building a home NAS

Re: [zfs-discuss] White box server for OpenSolaris

2009-09-25 Thread Erik Trimble
Nathan wrote: While I am about to embark on building a home NAS box using OpenSolaris with ZFS. Currently I have a chassis that will hold 16 hard drives, although not in caddies - down time doesn't bother me if I need to switch a drive, probably could do it running anyways just a bit of a pai

[zfs-discuss] White box server for OpenSolaris

2009-09-25 Thread Nathan
While I am about to embark on building a home NAS box using OpenSolaris with ZFS. Currently I have a chassis that will hold 16 hard drives, although not in caddies - down time doesn't bother me if I need to switch a drive, probably could do it running anyways just a bit of a pain. :) I am afte