> Timely discussion. I too am trying to build a stable yet inexpensive storage > server for my home lab [...]
> Other options are that I build a whitebox or buy a new PowerEdge or Sun > X2200 etc If this is really just a lab storage server then an X2100M2 will be enough. Just get the minimum spec, buy two 3.5" SATA-II disks (I guess the sweet spot is 750GB right now), and buy 8GB of third party memory to max out the box for ZFS. Then set up a ZFS-rooted Nevada and you're in business. Depending on your requirements, you have slightly over 1.3TB capacity, or about 690GB mirrored. I have just such a machine and am very happy. I do run S10U5 on it since I need the box for other things, too. So I don't have ZFS root. HTH -- Volker -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Sun Solaris Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/ Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 Schuhgröße: 45 Geschäftsführer: Rainer J. H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
