Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Inexpensive SATA Whitebox

2006-10-12 Thread Al Hopper
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Ian Collins wrote: > Al Hopper wrote: > > >On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Dana H. Myers wrote: > > > > > > > >>Al Hopper wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Memory: DDR-400 - your choice but Kingston is always a safe bet. 2*512Mb > >>>sticks for a starter, cost effective, system. 4*512Mb for a

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Inexpensive SATA Whitebox

2006-10-12 Thread Ian Collins
Al Hopper wrote: >On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Dana H. Myers wrote: > > > >>Al Hopper wrote: >> >> >> >>>Memory: DDR-400 - your choice but Kingston is always a safe bet. 2*512Mb >>>sticks for a starter, cost effective, system. 4*512Mb for a good long >>>term solution. >>> >>> >>Due to fan-ou

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Inexpensive SATA Whitebox

2006-10-11 Thread Dana H. Myers
Al Hopper wrote: > On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Dana H. Myers wrote: > >> Al Hopper wrote: >> >>> Memory: DDR-400 - your choice but Kingston is always a safe bet. 2*512Mb >>> sticks for a starter, cost effective, system. 4*512Mb for a good long >>> term solution. >> Due to fan-out considerations, every

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Inexpensive SATA Whitebox

2006-10-11 Thread Al Hopper
On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Dana H. Myers wrote: > Al Hopper wrote: > > > Memory: DDR-400 - your choice but Kingston is always a safe bet. 2*512Mb > > sticks for a starter, cost effective, system. 4*512Mb for a good long > > term solution. > > Due to fan-out considerations, every BIOS I've seen will ru

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Inexpensive SATA Whitebox

2006-10-11 Thread Dana H. Myers
Al Hopper wrote: > Memory: DDR-400 - your choice but Kingston is always a safe bet. 2*512Mb > sticks for a starter, cost effective, system. 4*512Mb for a good long > term solution. Due to fan-out considerations, every BIOS I've seen will run DDR400 memory at 333MHz when connected to more than 1

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Inexpensive SATA Whitebox

2006-10-11 Thread Al Hopper
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All, > So I have started working with Solaris 10 at work a bit (I'm a Linux > guy by trade) and I have a dying nfs box at home. So the long and short of > it is as follows: I would like to setup a SATAII whitebox that uses ZFS as > its filesystem

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS Inexpensive SATA Whitebox

2006-10-11 Thread Erik Trimble
Generally, I've found the way to go is to get a 4-port SATA PCI controller (something based on the Silicon Image stuff seems to be cheap, common, and supported), and then plunk it into any old PC you can find (or get off of eBay). The major caveat here is that I'd recommend trying to find a PC

[zfs-discuss] ZFS Inexpensive SATA Whitebox

2006-10-10 Thread clockwork
All, So I have started working with Solaris 10 at work a bit (I'm a Linux guy by trade) and I have a dying nfs box at home. So the long and short of it is as follows: I would like to setup a SATAII whitebox that uses ZFS as its filesystem. The box will probably be very lightly used, streaming m