[zfs-discuss] Collecting hardware configurations (was Re: White box server for OpenSolaris)
On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 01:32 -0700, Erik Trimble wrote: Go back and look through the archives for this list. We just had this discussion last month. Let's not rehash it again, as it seems to get redone way too often. You know, this seems like such a common question to the list, would we (the zfs community) be interested in coming up with a rolling set of 'recommended' systems that home users could use as a reference, rather than requiring people to trawl through the archives each time? Perhaps a few tiers, with as many user-submitted systems per-tier as we get. * small boot disk + 2 or 3 disks, low power, quiet, small media server * medium boot disk + 3 - 9 disks, home office, larger media server * large boot disk + 9 or more disks, thumper-esque and keep them up to date as new hardware becomes available, with a bit of space on a website somewhere to manage them. These could either be off-the-shelf dedicated NAS systems, or build-to-order machines, but getting their configuration last-known-price would be useful. I don't have enough experience myself in terms of knowing what's the best hardware on the market, but from time to time, I do think about upgrading my system at home, and would really appreciate a zfs-community-recommended configuration to use. Any takers? cheers, tim ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Collecting hardware configurations (was Re: White box server for OpenSolaris)
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:18:15AM +0100, Tim Foster wrote: I don't have enough experience myself in terms of knowing what's the best hardware on the market, but from time to time, I do think about upgrading my system at home, and would really appreciate a zfs-community-recommended configuration to use. Any takers? I'm willing to contribute (zfs on Opensolaris, mostly Supermicro boxes and FreeNAS (FreeBSD 7.2, next 8.x probably)). Is there a wiki for that somewhere? -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Collecting hardware configurations (was Re: White box server for OpenSolaris)
The opensolaris.org site will be transitioning to a wiki-based site soon, as described here: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/faq/site-transition-faq/ I think it would be best to use the new site to collect this information because it will be much easier for community members to contribute. I'll provide a heads up when the transition, which has been delayed, is complete. Cindy On 09/25/09 03:31, Eugen Leitl wrote: On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:18:15AM +0100, Tim Foster wrote: I don't have enough experience myself in terms of knowing what's the best hardware on the market, but from time to time, I do think about upgrading my system at home, and would really appreciate a zfs-community-recommended configuration to use. Any takers? I'm willing to contribute (zfs on Opensolaris, mostly Supermicro boxes and FreeNAS (FreeBSD 7.2, next 8.x probably)). Is there a wiki for that somewhere? ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
