Good news - I got snv_98 up without a hitch. So far, so good. Onboard video works great (well, console. Haven't used X11) Top NIC works great (e1000g) - haven't tried the second NIC Did not try the onboard SATA Two Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 PCI-X's working well
Here's the specifics: - LIAN LI PC-V2110B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case - PC Power & Cooling S75QB 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI NVIDIA SLI Certified (Dual 8800 -GTX and below) CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - SUPERMICRO MBD-PDSME+-O LGA 775 Intel 3010 ATX Server Motherboard - 2x Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) ECC Unbuffered Server Memory Model KVR667D2E5/2GI - 2x SUPERMICRO AOC-SAT2-MV8 64-bit PCI-X133MHz SATA Controller Card - 2x Seagate 160 gig for mirrored boot - 7x Seagate 1.5TB for data (second batch of 7 when I fill this batch) Just about all of it thanks to Newegg. I will need to pick up some 4-in-3 enclosures and a better CPU heatsink/fan - this is supposed to be quiet but it has an annoying hum. Weird. Anyway, so far so good. Hopefully the power supply can handle all 16 disks too... On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 12:46 PM, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's plenty of 8 port, either full 8 or 6+2 combinations etc. > > Anyway I went with a Supermicro PDSME+ which appears to work well > according to the HCL, and bought two of the AOC-SAT2-MV8's and will > just use those. It's actually being delivered today... > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Joe S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You may need an add-on SATA card. I haven't come across any 8 port >> motherboards. >> >> As far as chipsets are concerned, take a look at something with the >> Intel X38 chipset. It's the only one of the desktop chipsets that >> supports ECC ram. Coincidentally, it's also the chipset used in the >> Sun Ultra 24 workstation >> (http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/ultra24/index.xml). >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:41 PM, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I posted a thread here... >>> http://forums.opensolaris.com/thread.jspa?threadID=596 >>> >>> I am trying to finish building a system and I kind of need to pick >>> working NIC and onboard SATA chipsets (video is not a big deal - I can >>> get a silent PCIe card for that, I already know one which works great) >>> >>> I need 8 onboard SATA. I would prefer Intel CPU. At least one gigabit >>> port. That's about it. >>> >>> I built a list in that thread of all the options I found from the >>> major manufacturers that Newegg has as the pool of possible >>> chipsets/etc... any help is appreciated (anyone actually using any of >>> these) - and remember I'm trying to use Nevada out of the box, not >>> have to download specific drivers and tweak all this myself... >>> _______________________________________________ >>> zfs-discuss mailing list >>> zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >>> >> > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
