Hi,
I'd like to build an OpenSolaris fileserver for home use, and would like to use
a 16GB or 32GB solid state IDE storage device for the operating system, and
some big SATA drives running ZFS. I want to keep the operating system and data
storage drives separate because I've never used ZFS before, and don't want to
trash my operating system while I play with ZFS.
So my first question is: is it feasible to run OpenSolaris off of an SSD
storage device? Since I'll have the ZFS drives, I can put my log files there as
well as other files that will be written to often. Though if I can limit writes
to a reasonable level that won't prematurely wear out my SSD, then maybe I can
put the SATA drives to sleep when idle to save on power?
Are there any guides to optimizing the OpenSolaris installation to run on the
SSD to minimize writes to the device? Should I run ZFS or UFS on it?
Is 16GB enough space for a reasonable installation of OpenSolaris?
Is it even a good idea to go with an SSD rather than a 2.5" laptop hard drive?
I'm thinking that the SSD is going to be more reliable than a mechanical drive
and since I don't want to RAID0 the root drive, it seems like a good idea to go
with SSD. It will be a bit more energy efficient too.
Anyone know any websites that already describe how to do this? I found a great
website that details an OpenSolaris install on an MiniITX Atom based board:
http://blogs.sun.com/mebius/entry/diy_home_nas_box_with2
I've searched the forums here and haven't found what I'm looking for, but
perhaps I've missed something.
Thanks for any help or pointers to other resources!
While I'm new to OpenSolaris, I'm not new to Sun Solaris, and I'm not
necessarily looking for the easiest solution, this is just a fun project for me
to work on to replace my slow NSLU2 fileserver with something faster and with
better data integrity.
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