On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Orvar Korvar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a PCI-X slot, you will reach something like 1.5GB/sec which should suffice > for most needs. Maybe it is cheaper to buy that card + PCI-X motherboard > (only found on server mobos) than buying a SAS or PCI-express, if you want to > achieve speed?
That's my thought as well. I'm going to be putting together a home NAS based on OpenSolaris using the following: 1 SUPERMICRO CSE-743T-645B Black Chassis 1 ASUS M2N-LR AM2 NVIDIA nForce Professional 3600 ATX Server Motherboard 1 SUPERMICRO AOC-SAT2-MV8 64-bit PCI-X133MHz SATA Controller Card 1 AMD Athlon X2 4850e 2.5GHz Socket AM2 45W Dual-Core Processor Model ADH4850DOBOX 1 Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) ECC Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit Server Memory Model CT2KIT25672AA667 8 Western Digital Caviar GP WD10EACS 1TB 5400 to 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive Subtotal: $2,386.88 I may get another drive for the OS as well, or boot off of a CF-card/IDE adapter like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186038 -B -- Brandon High [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The good is the enemy of the best." - Nietzsche _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
