On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Ware Adams <rwali...@washdcmail.com> wrote: > SuperMicro 7046A-3 Workstation > http://supermicro.com/products/system/4U/7046/SYS-7046A-3.cfm
I'm using a SuperChassis 743TQ-865B-SQ for my home NAS, which is what that workstation uses. It's very LARGE and very quiet. Did I mention it's HUGE? I bought two more 2800 rpm fans for it. The case is designed for four but only comes with two for noise, I didn't notice an increase in sound. You can find the fans (part # FAN-0104L4) online. I think the dual socket board you chose is a bit overkill for just a NAS box. I used an ASUS motherboard because I wanted to use AMD, and went with a 4850e and 8GB ECC memory. It got me a board that supports ECC and PCI-X slots (so I could use the AOC-SAT-MV8 board). I also host some (mostly idle) VMs on the machine and they run fine. Supermicro has a 3 x 5.25" bay rack that holds 5 x 3.5" drives. This doesn't leave space for a optical drive, but I used a USB drive to install the OS and don't need it anymore. -B -- Brandon High : bh...@freaks.com If it wasn't for pacifists, we could achieve peace. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
