From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 9 13:45:14 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11F431065702 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:45:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from nyi.unixathome.org (nyi.unixathome.org [64.147.113.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D87CB8FC12 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:45:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nyi.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58535508B6; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:45:13 +0000 (GMT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at unixathome.org Received: from nyi.unixathome.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (nyi.unixathome.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Idz7MqiOiyzW; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:45:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from nyi.unixathome.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nyi.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA5B350830; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:45:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 68.64.144.211 (SquirrelMail authenticated user dan) by nyi.unixathome.org with HTTP; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:45:12 -0500 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <2e027be01002090451w2b4506a0ofb5ab55c647540a@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B6F9A8D.4050907@langille.org> <2e027be01002090451w2b4506a0ofb5ab55c647540a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 08:45:12 -0500 From: "Dan Langille" To: "Tom Evans" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.20-RC2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: Charles Sprickman , FreeBSD Stable , Dan Langille Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:45:14 -0000 On Tue, February 9, 2010 7:51 am, Tom Evans wrote: > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Charles Sprickman wrote: >> .... >> Here's the list: >> >> http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=8441629 >> >> Just over $1K, and I've got 4 nice drives, ECC memory, and a server >> board. >> Going with the celeron saved a ton of cash with no impact on ZFS that I >> can >> discern, and again, going with a cheap tower case slashed the cost as >> well. >>  That whole combo works great.  Now when I use up those 6 SATA ports, >> I >> don't know how to get more cheaply, but I'll worry about that later... >> >> Charles >> > > As long as those SATA ports are AHCI compliant, should work quite > nicely with a SiI port multiplier. Failing that, a simple 2 port SiI > PCI-E SATA card (supported by siis(4) driver) + 2 x SiI port > multiplier would give you 10 extra SATA ports. > > My SiI PCI-E card cost £15, and the PM about £50, so it is about > £13/port, or ~$20/port. Probably can get the components cheaper in the > US actually. I also found some nice simple drive racks for £20/4 > drives - not completely hotswappable, but much easier to replace than > screwed into the case. Now there's an idea. Drive racks? Got a URL? -- Dan Langille -- http://langille.org/