Dan Naumov wrote:
On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Dan Langille <d...@langille.org> wrote:
Dan Naumov wrote:
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010, Dan Langille wrote:
After creating three different system configurations (Athena,
Supermicro, and HP), my configuration of choice is this Supermicro
setup:
1. Samsung SATA CD/DVD Burner $20 (+ $8 shipping)
2. SuperMicro 5046A $750 (+$43 shipping)
3. LSI SAS 3081E-R $235
4. SATA cables $60
5. Crucial 3×2G ECC DDR3-1333 $191 (+ $6 shipping)
6. Xeon W3520 $310
You do realise how much of a massive overkill this is and how much you
are overspending?
I appreciate the comments and feedback. I'd also appreciate alternative
suggestions in addition to what you have contributed so far. Spec out the
box you would build.
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Case: Fractal Design Define R2 - 89 euro -
http://www.fractal-design.com/?view=product&prod=32
That is a nice case. It's one slot short for what I need. The trays
are great. I want three more slots for 2xSATA for a gmirror base-OS and
an optical drive. As someone mentioned on IRC, there are many similar
non hot-swap cases. From the website, I couldn't see this for sale in
USA. But converting your price, to US$, it is about $121.
Looking around, this case was suggested to me. I like it a lot:
LIAN LI PC-A71F Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case $240
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112244
Mobo/CPU: Supermicro X7SPA-H / Atom D510 - 180-220 euro -
http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/ATOM/ICH9/X7SPA.cfm?typ=H
Non-ECC RAM, which is something I'd like to have. $175
PSU: Corsair 400CX 80+ - 59 euro -
> http://www.corsair.com/products/cx/default.aspx
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008 for $50
Is that sufficient power up to 10 SATA HDD and an optical drive?
> RAM: Corsair 2x2GB, DDR2 800MHz SO-DIMM, CL5 - 85 euro
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145238 $82
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Total: ~435 euro
With my options, it's about $640 with shipping etc.
The motherboard has 6 native AHCI-capable ports on ICH9R controller
and you have a PCI-E slot free if you want to add an additional
controller card. Feel free to blow the money you've saved on crazy
fast SATA disks and if your system workload is going to have a lot of
random reads, then spend 200 euro on a 80gb Intel X25-M for use as a
dedicated L2ARC device for your pool.
I have been playing with the idea of an L2ARC device. They sound crazy
cool.
Thank you Dan.
-- dan
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