On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 8:03 AM, Stefan Hagen <freebsd-stable-l...@textmail.me> wrote: > * Patrick M. Hausen wrote: >>> >>> Am 18.08.2017 um 11:19 schrieb Pete French <petefre...@ingresso.co.uk>: >>> The HP micro servers work very well, and you can pick them up remakably >>> cheaply [...] >>> Not sure about ECC memory support there though. >> >> >> They do support ECC, no problem. >> >> They are available with different CPU configurations from >> as Pete said remarkably cheap Celeron D based systems >> up to Xeon CPUs. > > > I've just sold my Microserver Gen8 (Xeon) just recently. > It's a beautiful little machine, but I didn't make me happy in the long run. > > Reasons: > - Limited to 8GB Ram in total > - Only 4 HDDs > - JBOD support is not great > - Harddrives are never going to sleep (not supported) > > Installing FreeBSD was harder than expected. The machine refused to boot > FreeBSD > from the internal non-raid SATA ports. I didn't try FreeNAS though. > > Also, in case you go with a Microserver - I think all non-xeon models do not > support AES-NI, which will cut the throughput in case you plan to encrypt > your > drives. > > iX-Systems would have been my choice to replace this machine until I found > out > that I can build something myself that suits my needs even better. > > Note, I was looking at the 8 bay model and I would have to add around $280 > for > shipping and tax to Germany. > > I'm now going for this custom build: > - Fractal Design Define R5 > Reason: Silent, enough space for 12 drives > - SuperMicro MBD-A1SAI-2550F-O > Reason: IPMI, ECC, AES-NI, 64GB Ram, Intel NIC, low power consumption > - 4x 8GB Kingson ECC SODIMM > Reason: 16GB modules are not yet available > - Seasonic X-Series Fanless X-400FL 400W passiv > Reason: Fanless -> silent > > The complete order was around 1000€ > > That being said, I'm planning to put an older 3ware controller in JBOD mode > in > it and I also have SSDs and drives already. The board has only 6 SATA ports. > But that would be enough for you. > > This might be a little big for you. But maybe it gives you ideas. > > Best Regards, > Stefan >
Sorry but need to as do yo want some under powered atom system? or a core i3i7 cpu and 16 Gbs memoery, with 8 GB ports and 6 SATA ports in a small custom build. because thats exactly what we sell and we sell it for less the an XL .... by a few hundred bucs, less the drives. it will easly take 6 3.5 drives and 2 2.5..... IF you really want the specs on a sweet low end system with higher specs then the miniXL and cheaper also then say a super micro or HP box let me know. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"