On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:30:51PM +1000, Danny Carroll wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm looking to set up a file server at our office. It's a small office > so price is a concern. Performance is also going to be important. > > The data will be replicated from another site so integrity of the data > is not paramount. For this reason I think I'll be able to run with ZFS. > I see it as a good opportunity to contribute to getting ZFS stable and > non-experimental. > > What I am really concerned about is the SATA support. > > If I look at AMD64 as an arch, does anyone have any experience with good > IO chipsets that can do full SATA-300? > > I don't mind if it is a on-board or if I get a good controller card so > long as I can get decent performance out of the Seagate Barracuda > 7200.11 drives. > > I'd be willing to go with intel arch although from a ZFS perspective it > sounds like AMD64 is better. > > -D
Intel ICH-9 works a treat; I run a combination of SATA-300 and SATA-150 drives on an ICH-9 southbridge, and have never had an issue.
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