Like many others, I am looking to put together a SOHO NAS based on ZFS/CIFS. The plan is 6 x 1TB drives in RAIDZ2 configuration, driven via mobo with 6 SATA ports.
I've read most, if not all, of the threads here, as well as sbredon's excellent article on building a home NAS, yet I still have a number of unanswered questions. I was leaning heavily towards the M2N-E for a while, but it has a number of strikes against it: - Discontinued, not likely to be available to build additional rigs - No longer available via Newegg - MCP55 copy/fs lockup problem still unresolved Although the Nvidia 750a chipset seems to be supported by the sata_nv driver, I have read several open bug reports which indicate it may not be a good choice. Likewise, I have read several negatives on the entire line of AMD southbridges under Solaris. As it stands, the only compelling reason to go with an AMD CPU seems to be support for ECC in inexpensive motherboards. On the Intel side of things, there seem to be plenty of good reports of the ICH 7/8/9 chipsets that support AHCI and no negatives. The only negative on the Intel side seems to be the lack of ECC memory outside of expensive server mobos. As things stand, I am leaning towards a P35/ICH9 or P45/ICH10 setup. In particular, I am considering either the P5E-VM HDMI for a small integrated solution or the GA-EP45-UD3P for something with greater expandability. So, my questions: - Has the MCP55 copy/fs lockup bug been fixed yet? - Have the Nvidia 750a driver issues been resolved? - Are the AMD southbridges still in the not-recomemded category? - Are there any downsides to going with with an ICH controller with the AHCI driver? - Are there any performance issues to be aware of with the ICH vs the MCP55? - Are there any inexpensive Intel mobos that do support ECC memory and the latest Intel 45 nm CPUs? - Any comments on the P5E-VM or GA-EP45 boards? Many thanks in advance! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
