Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:22:44 -0500 From: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> To: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage Message-ID: <4B7893D4.4010908@langille.org> In-Reply-To: <cf9b1ee01002141436t1f6ac6ddy32c6e89474d0926b@mail.gmail.com> References: <cf9b1ee01002140653m7b20f60bv12b399d80bd92d9a@mail.gmail.com> <4B786D3A.3000408@langille.org> <cf9b1ee01002141436t1f6ac6ddy32c6e89474d0926b@mail.gmail.com>
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Dan Naumov wrote: > On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> wrote: >> Dan Naumov wrote: >>>> On Sun, 14 Feb 2010, Dan Langille wrote: >>>>> After creating three different system configurations (Athena, >>>>> Supermicro, and HP), my configuration of choice is this Supermicro >>>>> setup: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Samsung SATA CD/DVD Burner $20 (+ $8 shipping) >>>>> 2. SuperMicro 5046A $750 (+$43 shipping) >>>>> 3. LSI SAS 3081E-R $235 >>>>> 4. SATA cables $60 >>>>> 5. Crucial 3×2G ECC DDR3-1333 $191 (+ $6 shipping) >>>>> 6. Xeon W3520 $310 >>> You do realise how much of a massive overkill this is and how much you >>> are overspending? >> >> I appreciate the comments and feedback. I'd also appreciate alternative >> suggestions in addition to what you have contributed so far. Spec out the >> box you would build. > > ====================== > Case: Fractal Design Define R2 - 89 euro - > http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&prod=32 That is a nice case. It's one slot short for what I need. The trays are great. I want three more slots for 2xSATA for a gmirror base-OS and an optical drive. As someone mentioned on IRC, there are many similar non hot-swap cases. From the website, I couldn't see this for sale in USA. But converting your price, to US$, it is about $121. Looking around, this case was suggested to me. I like it a lot: LIAN LI PC-A71F Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case $240 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112244 > Mobo/CPU: Supermicro X7SPA-H / Atom D510 - 180-220 euro - > http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA.cfm?typ=H Non-ECC RAM, which is something I'd like to have. $175 > PSU: Corsair 400CX 80+ - 59 euro - > http://www.corsair.com/products/cx/default.aspx http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008 for $50 Is that sufficient power up to 10 SATA HDD and an optical drive? > RAM: Corsair 2x2GB, DDR2 800MHz SO-DIMM, CL5 - 85 euro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145238 $82 > ====================== > Total: ~435 euro With my options, it's about $640 with shipping etc. > The motherboard has 6 native AHCI-capable ports on ICH9R controller > and you have a PCI-E slot free if you want to add an additional > controller card. Feel free to blow the money you've saved on crazy > fast SATA disks and if your system workload is going to have a lot of > random reads, then spend 200 euro on a 80gb Intel X25-M for use as a > dedicated L2ARC device for your pool. I have been playing with the idea of an L2ARC device. They sound crazy cool. Thank you Dan. -- dan
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