Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:02:25 +0100 From: Michal <michal@sharescope.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS and Storage Systems Message-ID: <4CB47881.7050808@sharescope.co.uk>
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> It would be even better to simply ask them what exact Supermicro > hardware (specifically, model numbers) they're using to build these > systems. You can see Supermicro mentioned in the<title> of their site, > so that's definitely what they're using, even down to the controller > card offerings (some of which (Marvell) are known to behave oddly on > FreeBSD (yes there are success stories, but there are also follow-up > horror stories) -- consider yourself warned). > I think the best option is to just build it your self using similar components which I have looked at before. My ideal is build a system where you can extend the storage easily by adding another box instead of either replacing the HDD's with bigger HDD's or having multiple targets for the data. One target whose storage can be expanded by simply adding another box. However, that is harder in practice to work out
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