Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:48:40 -0800 From: Peter Giessel <pgiessel@mac.com> To: krad <kraduk@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: deciding UFS vs ZFS Message-ID: <D0317537-792D-4344-936B-867125B82F7D@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <CALfReycKiTm74a0wy=K%2BZhyXxVBHyNwedy4SOvw3_UUYnZaMbA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20140713190308.GA9678@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <20140714071443.42f615c5@X220.alogt.com> <53C326EE.1030405@my.hennepintech.edu> <20140714111221.5d4aaea9@X220.alogt.com> <20140715143821.23638db5@gumby.homeunix.com> <CALfReyf8Rg7rCcob4jSk9XbPLY0MpP52jno9vZ0GUFQGS0Vy-A@mail.gmail.com> <20140716143929.74209529@gumby.homeunix.com> <CALfReycWppVY5BYHeqvunvnUDtwPAke5vug0Kik2_JTnvvfArQ@mail.gmail.com> <20140718180416.715cdc0b@gumby.homeunix.com> <CALfReycMdd-jNvRaiyXO4A=C3eFwuugL74HNoKyb2q4um1L5pg@mail.gmail.com> <20140722133305.228a1690@gumby.homeunix.com> <8699AF5D2BE8E9EBCFFEEE17@192.168.1.50> <20140722222722.70f13ec9@gumby.homeunix.com> <C9D2EE68EC3894786D119AFD@192.168.1.50> <20140724002912.5eda1757@gumby.homeunix.com> <98DFE7A36ED2EBA26E6C710C@192.168.1.50> <EF37D3F4-2B8E-4695-8C75-8ADEE0F91F5A@mac.com> <CALfReycKiTm74a0wy=K%2BZhyXxVBHyNwedy4SOvw3_UUYnZaMbA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2014, Jul 29, at 0:23, krad <kraduk@gmail.com> wrote: > you are correct, however if you can afford to put big drives like that = one > a system you can afford to match up a far more modern cpu with the = drives > with a decent amount of ram. Something like the hp microserver is = little > more than =A3100 and is more than capable of handling zfs. 5-6 year = old 2nd > had kit is as well and it probably cheaper. Also your going to have to = get > pretty creative to get a modern sata/sas drive to work in an = ((e)*isa|mca) > based board, which will nullify any cost saving of using decades old > hardware. That is simply not true. At our government surplus store, I can get Pentium 4 computers with 2 GB = of RAM for $25. They have SATA ports on the motherboard, so (2) 3TB = SATA Seagate ST3000DM001 are $99.99 each on Amazon right now with free = shipping. For under $250, I can put together redundant server with 3TB = RAID 1 storage. Assuming you mean ProLiant 712317-001 Ultra Micro Tower Server, those = cost around $400 with 2GB of RAM. 1GB/TB of RAM to storage, it will = need more RAM according to: "A general rule of thumb is 1GB of RAM for every 1TB of storage.=94 https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/filesystems-zfs.html=
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