Thanks gents for your replies. I've used to a very large config W2100z and ZFS for awhile but didn't know "how low can you go" for ZFS to shine, though a 64-bit CPU seems to be the minimum performance threshold.
Now that Sun's store is [sort of] working again, I can see some X2100's with the custom configure and a very low starting price of only $450 sans CPU, drives, and memory. Great!! [b]If only we could get a basic X2100-ish designed, "custom build" priced, server from Sun that could also hold 3-5 drives internally[/b], I could see a bunch of those being used as ZFS file servers. This would also be a good price point for small office and home users since the X4100 is certainly overkill in this application, though I'd wouldn't refuse one offered to me. =) This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
