On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Darryl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is my first post here, and i hope it is ok that i posted in this > thread. > > I have been doing a bit of reading on the solaris platforms, and seem to be > inclined to try out the open solaris os or solaris 10. My only worry is that > my lack of knowledge with the command line may make this difficult regarding > trouble shooting. It seems fairly straighforward creating zpools etc, but > maybe nexenta is better suited for me (i read about some memory limitation > with nexenta?). > > My end goal is to use this box, to store my media files. Connect it to my > airport extreme router via gigabit ether, and depending on situation access > data via wifi (smb share) or ether via router (iscsi), both on a Mac. Is it > possible to do iscsi over wifi, aside from speed limitations of the > wireless, i wanted to format the drive in hfs format. > > My proposed build thus far... > > CPU (39.99) > AMD Athlon 64 LE-1600 2.2GHz 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM2 45W Single-Core > Processor - Retail > http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16819103199 > MB $134.99 > ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard - > Retail > http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16813131013 > > PSU $54.99 > Rosewill RP550-2 ATX12V v2.01 550W Power Supply 115/230 V CSA,UL,TUV, FCC - > Retail > http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16817182017 > > Sata power converter $1.89 > Nippon Labs 4-Pin PC power to 2 x SATA Converter Cables Model POW-SATA-2 - > Retail > http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16812816015 > > Ram $84.99 > G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel > Kit Desktop Memory - Retail > http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16820231122 > > Video Card $19.99 > ASUS EN6200LE/TC256/TD/64 GeForce 6200LE 256MB(64MB on Board) 32-bit DDR > PCI Express x16 Video Card > http://www.newegg.com/Product/...tem=N82E16814121019R > > DVD Player $17.99 > Sony NEC Optiarc Black 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model > DDU1615/B2s - OEM > http://www.newegg.com/Product/...Item=N82E16827101131 > > 80gig sata drive for the OS, and 4 500gig seagate 7200.10 drives. > > While planning this out, it seemed that all of the parts i chose are > supported by solaris, please correct me if im wrong. Do you see any issues > with this setup? I'm looking to build this box as cheaply as possible, BUT > as reliable as possible as well. (any other suggestions for places that may > have parts cheaper? ) > > Thank you all for your patience, this is quite a steep learning curve! > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
I'd strongly consider a second 80gb drive and raid-1 your operating system drive. While you won't lose any ZFS data if it goes down, rebuilding a server, especially after custom configuration, can be a pain. Restoring from backup even more so :D
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