Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 11:28:17 -0500 From: Maxim Khitrov <mkhitrov@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shuttle for a BSD file server? Message-ID: <26ddd1750902010828q1ac3875as32b881ce4fb086a3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <26ddd1750901291933i31f31328rffcb3e5116cb1bf@mail.gmail.com> References: <26ddd1750901291933i31f31328rffcb3e5116cb1bf@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Maxim Khitrov <mkhitrov@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > I'm planning to build a new home file server for myself, starting with > about 2TB of RAID6 space, but with room to grow in the future. Most of > that will be on SATA drives, but I may throw in two SAS drives in > RAID1 for the base OS, hence the SAS raid controller and enclosure. > The highest priority for this build is data security, followed by > performance and uptime. > > Rather than go for server-grade components, I thought that I should > instead try to separate storage from the server itself. It's cheaper > (sort of), easier to upgrade in the future, and if the server goes > down for some reason, I can just put the raid card into another > machine and once again have access to my data. The other advantage > with this build is that I already have a Q6600 and some DDR2 memory > around, so that will save me money on having to get Xeons and ECC > memory. With that in mind, I currently have the following components > picked out (listed below). > > I would like to know whether anyone has used any of these with FreeBSD > 7.x, or if you have some other suggestions for what I should look into > (am I asking for trouble by using these parts for a 24/7 file server > in terms of stability)? I know that the 3ware controller should be > supported, but I'm not sure about the Shuttle. How does FreeBSD play > with X48 chipset? The drive enclosure obviously doesn't interact with > the OS, but I'd still like your opinion on it or maybe some > alternatives. Please let me know what you think. > > - Max > > Barebone: > Shuttle SX48P2 E > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856101070 > > Raid Card: > 3ware 9690SA-8E-KIT > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816116062 > > SAS Enclosure: > RAIDAGE iAge840ML2 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816702014 > Ok, other components aside for now, I've been thinking about what video card to get. Since the raid controller will occupy one slot, and BBU another, I thought about using a usb video adapter. Can anyone please let me know if something like this is supported by FreeBSD: eVGA UV Plus USB VGA Adapter 100-U2-UV16-A1 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815101001 - Max
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