hello my suggestion of a big and really cheap system (use dev build or next release 03.2010)
mainboard http://www.supermicro.com/xeon_3400/Motherboard/X8SIL.cfm ecc, max 32 ram, intel 3420 server chipset, vga, 3x pci-e, 6 x sata in germany about 180 euro 3 x sas controller lsi1068 http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-USASLP-L8i.cfm although uio (left-mounted), you can install them in germany about 130 euro each sas-II controller, based on lsi 2008 working (sucessfully installed with nexenta3 alpha and supermicro x8dth6), -wait for hba (non-raid) pci-e models -not available yet in germany => no need to use sas expander use 3 controller and sas drives instead more simple and faster, no problems see my reference hardware for my napp-it zfs server: http://www.napp-it.org/hardware/index.html gea -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
