> Is there any reason I can't buy a 55 dollar mobo and processor from > newegg that has 6 sata ports, throw in six 2-terabyte hard drives, and > run opensolaris 10 on it? Thus solving my current storage crisis for a > long time? (Of course I realize i need a keyboard, video card, ram > etc)
Make sure you buy 64bit hardware. This is required to access drives larger than some size ... and I know 1.5 Tb is too large for the 32bit kernel. Beware hardware compatibility. There's not much you can do to avoid the problem, so just be prepared to return and exchange stuff if you're unlucky and have a problem. But you probably won't have a problem. Most stuff is compatible. Um ... Also be aware that you basically have to throw away two of your disks to hold the OS. That is, assuming you want your OS disks to be mirrored. Although technically you could use a separate partition and utilize the rest of the OS disks in addition to your data pool, I wouldn't recommend it. Because it's so easy at a later date, to accidentally reinstall the OS and blow away the data. It is recommended unless otherwise impossible, to let the OS live on two disks of its own, all by itself. So you probably want 2 of the smallest disks possible, and 4x 2Tb. Then, you have a choice ... Let the data disks be raidz (6 Tb usable) or let the data disks be mirrored & striped (4Tb usable, but better performance.) _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list [email protected]
