I'm trying to build the quietest smallest 4 or 6 drive FreeBSD 7 server to use at home for ZFS snapshotting. From the -fs list, it sounds like my idea passes the sanity check. Next is looking for the right hardware.
There is a local computer shop I'd prefer to buy things at - www.enuinc.com, if people want to browse that and help me find the best equipment for this I'd be much appreciated. Basically it just needs space for 6 disks, ideally. - Gigabit LAN (single is fine, dual isn't required) - Onboard graphics - Support at least 4GB RAM - Quiet, small, and hopefully power efficient Will be hosting ZFS RAIDZ with all 6 disks (or 5 disks, and one for boot, or something since I think ZFS boot is not stable yet), with 15 filesystems to start and doing rsyncs every so often from remote servers locally and then creating a snapshot (basically creating daily snapshots every day for each server I maintain/backup) here's the stuff i'm not that sure about: mobo - http://www.enuinc.com/mb-775-asu-218.html RAM - would it be better for 2x2GB or 4x1GB? here is the 2x2GB kit: http://www.enuinc.com/m-04g-066-sup-k2.html here is the 2x1GB kits (if the mobo changes and it has 4 slots, I'd buy two): http://www.enuinc.com/m-02g-080-kin.html this is up for debate, too, for something smaller and quieter if possible. i love shuttles, but none of them can do maybe more than 4 disks that i know of... chassis - http://www.enuinc.com/cas-antec-056.html i'm sure of these: optical - chapest dvdrom http://www.enuinc.com/o-cdrd-son-001-black.html cpu - intel core2, whatever makes the most cost effective disks - between 4-6 1TB seagates Would this be good for a 95% dedicated to rsync+ZFS server? I doubt I will use it for anything else. Every hour it would run an rsync job, then snapshot it in ZFS. That's about it. Thanks in advance... _______________________________________________ freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
