I have a freenas ZFS instance based on low-cost components and ecc memory and old 2 TB drives.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132097 MB 38usd AMD Athlon 5350 2.05 GHz Quad core - 44usd Memory 2*8GB ECC RAM *http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239370&cm_re=8gb_ecc_ddr3-_-20-239-370-_-Product <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239370&cm_re=8gb_ecc_ddr3-_-20-239-370-_-Product> 2 * 44usd * *LSI controller from ebay* *http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/252167113040?hlpht=true&ops=true&viphx=1&_trkparms=clkid%3D4753282283497783251&_qi=RTM1763577 <http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/252167113040?hlpht=true&ops=true&viphx=1&_trkparms=clkid%3D4753282283497783251&_qi=RTM1763577> around 100 usd LSI disk contoller flashed to non raid v20 bios* *Cabeling from aliexpress or ebay * *SFF-8087* connectors, also known as *internal mini SAS*, or even *iPASS* connectors. Up to 4 SATA drives can be connected to such a connector with an SFF-8087 to 4xSATA *forward breakout cable* *450 W power supply * *And reuse of an old deskside enclosure.* *Usb stick for the system to boot from, I will change to 32 gb low cost ssd disk.* *I use 8 * 2TB disks, but the disk controller support larger than 2 TB disks. I think a new system using 4 or 5 larger disks might be more optimal than the 8 2TBytes disks. * *I will activate this server on crashplan for backup to the cloud - https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/crashplan-update-failing-due-to-old-java-version.42300/ <https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/crashplan-update-failing-due-to-old-java-version.42300/>* Bo-Erik -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20160416/7b9f64c0/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
