On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > bhigh: > so the best is 780G?
I'm not sure if it's the best, but it's a good choice. A motherboard and cpu can be had for about $150. Personally, I'm waiting for the AMD 790GX / SB750 which is due out this month. The 780G has 1 x16 PCIe slot, the 790GX uses 2 x16 (x8 electrical) slots. I'm planning on using an LSI 1068e based controller to add more drives, which has an x8 physical connector. The nForce 570 works and is well supported, but doesn't have integrated video. The Nvidia 8200 which has video should be supported as well. I believe both chipsets support 6 SATA ports. My current shopping list is here: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=7739092 This system will act as a NAS, backup location, and media server for our Roku and Popcorn Hour media players. The system will boot from flash using the CF to IDE converter. The two cards will be mirrored. The drives will be in a raidz2. The motherboard I've chosen is a 780G board, but has 2 x16 slots. If I decide to add more drives, I want to have the option of a second controller. I could use a Sil3132 based card instead of the LSI, which would give me exactly 8 SATA ports and save about $250. I may still go this route but given the overall cost it's not that big of a deal. -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
