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
I recently posted the following to the thread in -stable:
I was recently told about Lian Lia cases, which I think are great. As a
result, I've gone with a tower case without hot-swap. The parts are
listed at and reproduced below:
http://dan.langille.org/2010/02/15/a-full-tower-case/
1. LIAN LI PC-A71F Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case $240
(from mwave)
2. Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W PSU $80
3. Samsung SATA CD/DVD Burner $20 (+ $8 shipping)
4. Intel S3200SHV LGA 775 Intel 3200 m/b $200
5. Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 CPU $190
6. SATA cables $22
7. Supermicro LSI MegaRAID 8 Port SAS RAID Controller $118
8. Kingston ValueRAM 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM ECC $97
Total cost is about $1020 with shipping. Plus HDD.
No purchases yet, but the above is what appeals to me now.
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