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

2007-01-19 Thread Chris Csanady
2007/1/19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> "ACHI SATA ... probably look at Intel boards instead." Whats ACHI ? I didnt see anything useful on google or wikipedia ... is it a chipset ? The issue I take with intel is there chips are either grossly power hungry/hot (anything pre-pentium M

Re: [zfs-discuss] Cheap ZFS homeserver.

2007-01-19 Thread clockwork
David, That would be nice, and reasonably cheap. I hope it works. The only issue I have with it is the lack of 3.5 spots, only having 3 such slots really limits the ability to grow the space over time. "You must have just missed the "What SATA controllers are people using for ZFS?" thread.

Re: [zfs-discuss] Cheap ZFS homeserver.

2007-01-18 Thread Al Hopper
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007, . wrote: > Looking around there still is not a good "these cards/motherboards" work > list. the HCL is hardly ever updated, and its far more geared towards > business use than hobbyist/home use. So bearing all of that in mind I > will need the following things: > 1. At least

Re: [zfs-discuss] Cheap ZFS homeserver.

2007-01-18 Thread David
On 1/18/07, . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Looking around there still is not a good "these cards/motherboards" work list. the HCL is hardly ever updated, and its far more geared towards business use than hobbyist/home use. Yes, this is true. This list is the best resource I have found so far, a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Cheap ZFS homeserver.

2007-01-18 Thread Chris Csanady
2007/1/18, . <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: 2. What consumer level SATAII chipsets work. 4-ports onboard is fine for now since I can always add a card later. I will need at least four ports to start. pci-e cards are highly preferred since pci-x is expensive and going to become rarer. (mark my words) S

Re: [zfs-discuss] Cheap ZFS homeserver.

2007-01-18 Thread mike
Couldn't this be considered a compatibility list that we can trust for OpenSolaris and ZFS? http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/ I've been looking at it for the past few days. I am looking for eSATA support options - more details below. Only 2 devices on the list show support for eSATA, both are

Re: [zfs-discuss] Cheap ZFS homeserver.

2007-01-18 Thread Frank Cusack
On January 18, 2007 6:27:14 PM -0800 "." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Looking around there still is not a good "these cards/motherboards" work list. You must have just missed the "What SATA controllers are people using for ZFS?" thread. Not a list, but you can probably find similar components to