Wes Williams wrote:
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. =)
Though there isn't a Sun "tower server" that fits your description, the Ultra-40
can hold 4 3.5" drives (80, 250, or 500 GBytes). You might actually prefer
something designed for office use at home, rather than something designed for a
data center.
http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/ultra40/specs.xml
-- richard
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