I was told here: http://discuss.extremetech.com/forums/permalink/1004422973/1004422973/ShowThread.aspx#1004422973
That I'd need at least 40amps - and this PSU has a 12V rail with 60amps... On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Scott Laird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, also I kind of doubt that a 750W power supply will spin 16 disks > up reliably. I have 10 in mine with a 600W supply, and it's > borderline--10 drives work, 11 doesn't, and adding a couple extra PCI > cards has pushed mine over the edge before. Most 3.5" drives want > about 30W at startup; that'd be around 780W with 16 drives. > > I wish delayed spinup wasn't such a pain with SATA. > > > Scott > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Scott Laird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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
