Hi all,
I'm putting together a OpenSolaris ZFS-based system and need help
picking hardware.
I'm thinking about using this 26-disk case: [FYI: 2-disk RAID1 for the
OS & 4*(4+2) RAIDZ2 for SAN]
http://rackmountpro.com/productpage.php?prodid=2418
Regarding the mobo, cpus, and memory - I searched goggle and the ZFS
site and all I came up with so far is that, for a dedicated iSCSI-based
SAN, I'll need about 1 Gb of memory and a low-end processor - can anyone
clarify exactly how much memory/cpu I'd need to be in the safe-zone?
Also, are there any mobo/chipsets that are particularly well suited for
a dedicated iSCSI-based SAN?
This is for my home network, which includes internet/intranet services
(mail, web, ldap, samba, netatalk, code-repository), build/test
environments (for my cross-platform projects), and a video server
(mythtv-backend).
Right now, the aforementioned run on two separate machines, but I'm
planning to consolidate them into a single Xen-based server. One idea I
have is to host a Xen-server on this same machine - that is, an
OpenSolaris-based Dom0 serving ZFS-based volumes to the DomU guest
machines. But if I go this way, then I'd be looking at 4-socket Opteron
mobo to use with AMD's just released quad-core CPUs and tons of memory.
My biggest concern with this approach is getting PSUs large enough to
power it all - if anyone has experience on this front, I'd love to hear
about it too
Thanks!
Kent
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