Dick Davies wrote:
I was wondering if anyone could recommend hardware
forr a ZFS-based NAS for home use.
The 'zfs on 32-bit' thread has scared me of a mini-itx fanless
setup, so I'm looking at sparc or opteron. Ideally it would:
a) run quiet (blade 100/150 is ok, x4100 ain't :) )
b) take advantage of cheap disks
( ide/sata, unless scsi suddenly got affordable)
c) come in around the 300-400 pounds mark
Don't need massive storage, it just needs to be reliable and reasonably
fast - I was thinking of maybe a 2-way 100Gb mirror set.
Graphics are a complete non-issue.
It only needs to saturate 100mbit (I'm not planning to use it for
anything else, so CPU isn't important).
Any used sun systems fit the bill, or should I be thinking of rolling
my own opteron? Thanks!
If it's just going to be a NAS, look for a AMD Sempron or Intel Celeron
D (with 64-bit extension, so you'll need the LGA775 socket version)
based motherboard with 4 SATA ports on-board - check the OpenSolaris
folks for drivers. You should be able to get 4 mid-sized SATA drives
(say in the 160GB range), and either RAID-Z or stripe/mirror them. That
will be more than enough to keep a 100Mbit interface fully occupied,
both reading and writing.
Example:
Socket 753 motherboard w/ 4 SATA ports ( Biostar NF4 4X-A7) $60
Sempron 2600+ $75
1GB RAM $50
mid-tower case $50
(4) 80GB SATA drives 4 @ $50 each
CD-ROM $20
Total: $455
-Erik
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