Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-24 Thread Orvar Korvar
The AOC Micro PCI-X card he uses fits into an ordinary PCI slot. I am using that card together with an ordinary [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1GB RAM. If you use that card with a PCI slot, you will not get the full ~1GB/sec bandwidth as PCI-X does. You will only get the normal PCI bandwidth ~150MB/sec or so

Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-23 Thread Joe Little
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:59 AM, RBell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cant you say the same about opensolaris? Light, slim, fast install, small > distribution size ++ Headless is not a must for me. I have to admit that I > like apt-get, but it is not a must either. > > I would not oppose to paying

Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-23 Thread RBell
Cant you say the same about opensolaris? Light, slim, fast install, small distribution size ++ Headless is not a must for me. I have to admit that I like apt-get, but it is not a must either. I would not oppose to paying for something which gives me added value, but I can't see all that added v

Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-23 Thread Patrick Schlaepfer
I choose Nexanta because it's light and slim. Fast installation, and small distribution size. Probably you can also install Solaris Express "headless" without X... Then I like the apt-get package manager, which is very familiar to debian. For what you want to pay a couple of hundreds? > But what a

Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-23 Thread RBell
But what are the advantages to Nexanta over for instance * Solaris Express Community Edition * Solaris Express Developer Edition * BeleniX Is it really worth paying a couple of hundreds for when all I need is a NAS? This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-22 Thread Joe Little
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 3:34 PM, RBell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've discovered that Nexanta is not an option: > NexentaStor Developer Edition is time-unlimited and full feature product > that can be deployed with up to one terabyte of user data. > > I plan to use way more than 1TB. (For ins

Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-22 Thread RBell
I've discovered that Nexanta is not an option: NexentaStor Developer Edition is time-unlimited and full feature product that can be deployed with up to one terabyte of user data. I plan to use way more than 1TB. (For instance to keep all my dv-videos while editing, and as raw tapes, backups of m

Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-15 Thread Joe Little
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Runar Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am in need of a NAS at home, I am currently running Linux (ubuntu), but I > would like to have a look at opensolaris and especially ZFS and Zones. My > problem is that I don't really know what hardware to buy, sin

Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-15 Thread Brandon High
On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Runar Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MoBo: MicroATX, preferrably AM2+ and with 6 s-ata connectors and support of > at least 8GB RAM. > S-ATA controller: Something really cheap, most likely with a SiL3114 chip. Consider the Supermicro DAC-SATA-MV8 - 8 ports, a

Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-15 Thread RBell
Thanks for the reply, any help is welcome :) Your setup differs a little bit from mine, most significantly because you have a E-ATX motherboard with PCI-X, I want to use a microATX since they come with on-board vga, but they only have PCI and PCI-Express. I also would like to use a cheap s-ata

Re: [osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-14 Thread Curt Rebelein, Junior
I just went though this myself a few weeks ago. I documented the process in a few blog entries -> https://rebby.com/blog.php?detail=35 # contains exact hardware details https://rebby.com/blog.php?detail=34 # contains install/config details (not yet complete, still adding LU and iSCSI documenta

[osol-discuss] NAS - which OS version, and what hardware is supported?

2008-04-12 Thread Runar Bell
Hi, I am in need of a NAS at home, I am currently running Linux (ubuntu), but I would like to have a look at opensolaris and especially ZFS and Zones. My problem is that I don't really know what hardware to buy, since the HCL (http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl) does not contain the hardware I wan