Cross-posting again... with the original this time :-)
sumgshiz (http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/profile.jspa?userID=92042) wrote: > Hi All, > I stumbled on Solaris after talking to my CEO about > the server I was setting up and his eyes got all big > and he started going on about Solaris and ZFS. I'm > experienced with Unix and Linux so I have some idea > of what is going to go into this but I've already > tried building my file server on Redhat, a couple > custom fileserver distros and finally Windows Server > 2003 (raid5) and wasn't happy with the performance of > any of them. In the end I broke down and went to > Frys and got a NAS enclosure :p > > So, Solaris, this post is essentially asking for any > obvious suggestions or pointing out pitfalls I may be > getting myself into, just a nudge in the right > direction. Later I'm sure there will be more direct > questions :) > > Here is the vision: > -Solaris 10 running software RAID/ZFS2 managing 8 > drives at first with room for expansion > -I'm under the impression that ZFS2 is similar to > RAID6. > -Couple other smaller mount points on IDE > -All it needs to do is serve files to a windows > machine (SMB). > > The hardware: > -I have a 4U rack case which I plan on jamming full > of discs, a mini-ATX board (4xSATAII ports) and a > PCIe 8x Raid card (8xSATAII ports). > -Solaris will run on a 60GB IDE drive > -I'm putting 8x500GB SataII drives on the Raid card > as JBOD so Solaris can manage the discs in ZFS2 > -Likely add 2x750GB SataII drives on the > motherboard's sata ports shortly. > -There will also be a 400GB alone and two 200GB in > RAID1 but they won't be part of the ZFS2 mount. > > Thanks! > Sam This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
