Thank you Al! That's exactly the kind of information I needed. I very much appreciate the help.
> It would be helpful to give us a broad description of > what type of > data you're planning on storing. Small files, large > files, required > capactity etc. and we can probably make some > specific > recommendations. I'm storing small files, large-ish files, few GB max. Capacity is dollar driven. I can probably continuously afford about a half dozen to a dozen hard drives at the average price of $100 a drive; that capacity will work fine for my needs. I'm doing general backup and data-save for my house network, about half a dozen machines on the house net, each with 1 or 2 hard drives partially used. No editing movies or animation, not storing my 1000 ripped DVDs. > Personally I get great satisfaction from rolling my > own. I do too, to the point that my long suffering Significant Other will avoid mentioning *anything* which I might want to do myself for fear that it will go on the bottom of the to-do list. 8-) It's a good thing I don't know how to refine iron ore. Oh, wait... I do! 8-) > Agreed - the HCL has not proved to be as useful, in > practice, as most > users would like. It's a difficult task - but the > typical OpenSolaris > builder is unwilling to put the effort in to > contribute to the HCL. I'm calmer now... 8-) and I do understand that volunteer efforts either get done by zealots or tend to starve. Not sure which of those is better, but it's probably accurate. > Overall I think you've done your homework very well. > I'm sure others > will contribute alternatives. In this post I've > focused on the topic > of the choices you've made, rather than discuss > alternatives. Which I appreciate very much. Given that, I may be able to proceed. I don't care that I have the optimum solution, just a workable one that's affordable and current. There are some disciplines where I can tell if some system will work by just a casual inspection. Unfortunately, opensolaris isn't one of them. > Please keep the list posted on your progress and > final config and what > you learn through building and using it. I'll do that. Again, thanks for the on-target info. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
