Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:39:01 +0200 From: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com> To: Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org> Cc: sub.mesa@gmail.com, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8.0-RELEASE/amd64 - full ZFS install - low read and write disk performance Message-ID: <cf9b1ee01001251039v5560eb36p31ba5930abeb8155@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B5DE3C1.4060508@FreeBSD.org> References: <deb820501001250058ye0b798ayeccb2583a08558dd@mail.gmail.com> <E1NZN87-000JtL-Gy@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> <ed91d4a81001250904p1911f2d3y7250346387e69242@mail.gmail.com> <4B5DD7A2.4000101@FreeBSD.org> <cf9b1ee01001251002x3ab0ecf6p1d8be5e31836320f@mail.gmail.com> <4B5DE3C1.4060508@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Alexander Motin <mav@freebsd.org> wrote: > Dan Naumov wrote: >> Alexander, since you seem to be experienced in the area, what do you >> think of these 2 for use in a FreeBSD8 ZFS NAS: >> >> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA.cfm?typ=H >> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA.cfm?typ=H&IPMI=Y > > Unluckily I haven't yet touched Atom family close yet, so I can't say > about it's performance. But higher desktop level (even bit old) ICH9R > chipset there is IMHO a good option. It is MUCH better then ICH7, often > used with previous Atoms. If I had nice small Mini-ITX case with 6 drive > bays, I would definitely look for some board like that to build home > storage. > > -- > Alexander Motin CPU-performance-wise, I am not really worried. The current system is an Atom 330 and even that is a bit overkill for what I do with it and from what I am seeing, the new Atom D510 used on those boards is a tiny bit faster. What I want and care about for this system are reliability, stability, low power use, quietness and fast disk read/write speeds. I've been hearing some praise of ICH9R and 6 native SATA ports should be enough for my needs. AFAIK, the Intel 82574L network cards included on those are also very well supported? - Sincerely, Dan Naumov
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