Sorry, but looking again at the RMP page, I see that the chassis I recommended is actually different than the one we have. I can't find this chassis only online, but here's what we bought:
http://www.siliconmechanics.com/i10561/intel-storage-server.php?cat=625 From their picture gallery, you can't see the back, but it has space for 3.5" drives in the back. You can put hot swap trays back there for your OS drives. The guys at Silicon Mechanics are great, so you could probably call them to ask who makes this chassis. They may also be able to build you a partial system, if you like. Good luck, Jon Kent Watsen wrote: > >> >> I will only comment on the chassis, as this is made by AIC (short for >> American Industrial Computer), and I have three of these in service >> at my work. These chassis are quite well made, but I have >> experienced the following two problems: >> >> <snip> > Oh my, thanks for the heads-up! Charlie at RMP said that they were > most popular - so I assumed that they were solid... > > >> For all new systems, I've gone with this chassis instead (I just >> noticed Rackmount Pro sells 'em also): >> >> http://rackmountpro.com/productpage.php?prodid=2043 > But I was hoping for resiliency and easy replacement for the OS drive > - hot-swap RAID1 seemed like a no-brainer... This case has 1 internal > and one external 3.5" drive bays. I could use a CF reader for > resiliency and reduce need for replacement - assuming I spool logs to > internal drive so as to not burn out the CF. Alternatively, I could > put a couple 2.5" drives into a single 3.5" bay for RAID1 resiliency, > but I'd have to shutdown to replace a drive... What do you recommend? > > >> One other thing, that you may know already. Rackmount Pro will try >> to sell you 3ware cards, which work great in the Linux/Windows >> environment, but aren't supported in Open Solaris, even in JBOD >> mode. You will need alternate SATA host adapters for this application. > Indeed, but why pay for a RAID controller when you only need SATA > ports? - thats why I was thinking of picking up three of these bad > boys > (http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AoC-SAT2-MV8.cfm) > for about $100 each > >> Good luck, > Getting there - can anybody clue me into how much CPU/Mem ZFS > needs? I have an old 1.2Ghz with 1Gb of mem laying around - would > it be sufficient? > > > Thanks! > Kent > > > > > > -- - _____/ _____/ / - Jonathan Loran - - - / / / IT Manager - - _____ / _____ / / Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley - / / / (510) 643-5146 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ______/ ______/ ______/ AST:7731^29u18e3 _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
