The onboard SATA ports work on the PDSME+. One of these days I'm going to pick up a couple of Supermicro's 5-in-3 enclosures for mine:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121405 Scott On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 12:26 AM, mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
