From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 11 18:03:41 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3B11106568D for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:03:40 +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 C903F8FC1D for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:03:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nyi.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52AFA50830; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:03:40 +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 3FhK0Dz0bEiu; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:03:39 +0000 (GMT) Received: from nyi.unixathome.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nyi.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF5D650823; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:03:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 68.64.144.211 (SquirrelMail authenticated user dan) by nyi.unixathome.org with HTTP; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:03:39 -0500 Message-ID: <686342eae8101b3a0faef364efd3db8d.squirrel@nyi.unixathome.org> In-Reply-To: <4B737401.5080105@langille.org> References: <4B737401.5080105@langille.org> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:03:39 -0500 From: "Dan Langille" To: "Dan Langille" 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: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building a file server for home X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:03:41 -0000 On Wed, February 10, 2010 10:05 pm, Dan Langille wrote: > This is a continuation of a post I started in -stable. > http://marc.info/?t=126560537900002&r=1&w=2 > > I'm going to be running FreeBSD 8.x with RAIDZ. Most of what I've > decided upon / has been suggested is at > http://dan.langille.org/2010/02/10/the-file-server/ > > In short, I'm pretty much decided upon this case: > > * Athena Power CA-SWH01BH8 Pedestal case > * http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811192058 > * contains 2 SATAx4 Hot-Swap HDD bays > * sounds like good value for a case with hot swap > * got a better case? > > Various suggestions have been made for the motherboard and HDD. I'm > asking you folks for suggestions based on what you know. > > Here's the list of items to be selected, but feel free to suggest stuff > not listed: > > * mother board > * power supply > * hard drives > * RAM > * perhaps a caching SSD > > If the motherboard lacks the SATA connections, I'm probably going to use > the Syba PCI Express SATA II 4 x Ports RAID Controller Card SY-PEX40008: > > http://www.amazon.com/Syba-Express-Ports-Controller-SY-PEX40008/dp/B002R0DZWQ/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1258452902&sr=1-22 The list is now: http://dan.langille.org/2010/02/11/the-file-server-more-detail/ 1. Samsung SATA CD/DVD Burner $20 (+ $8 shipping) 2. SuperMicro 5046A $750 (+$43 shipping) 3. RocketRAID 2300 PCIe 4x SATA $20 (+$2 shipping) 4. Crucial 3×2G ECC DDR3-1333 $191 (+ $6 shipping) 5. Xeon W3520 $310 Total price in cart: $1389.95 + $52.95 shipping = $1441.90 Not included: HDD, which will be my next task. It's not looking like a simple home server any more. What happened? ;) -- Dan Langille -- http://langille.org/