So after toying around with some stuff a few months back I got bogged down and set this project aside for a while. Time to revisit. <BR><BR>
Looking around there still is not a good "these cards/motherboards" work list. the HCL is hardly ever updated, and its far more geared towards business use than hobbyist/home use. So bearing all of that in mind I will need the following things: <BR><BR> 1. At least 2 gigE nics. <BR> 2. At least 6 SATAII ports (and at least 6 drive slots) <BR> 3. Reasonable price (probably going to build it myself.) <BR> I'm not worried about hotswapping. I want to make sure the box is going to be upgradeable with decent priced parts for a while (so PCI is out). My current fileserver is 6 years old. Out of space (or close enough) and starting to become a little less stable than I would like. So without getting into all of the gory details, the things I am stuck on are the following: <BR><BR> 1. What consumer level motherboards (not a $400 server board, I dont need that) and/or chipsets does opensolaris support at this point ? I dont want "if you compile this 3 week old version with these four changes it might work". I want "this works". I use solaris at work on all sorts of Sun hardware, but of course I cant afford Sun hardware for my house. <BR><BR> 2. What consumer level SATAII chipsets work. 4-ports onboard is fine for now since I can always add a card later. I will need at least four ports to start. pci-e cards are highly preferred since pci-x is expensive and going to become rarer. (mark my words) <BR><BR> So I was hoping that this board would work: <a href="http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2287&ProductName=GA-M57SLI-S4";>HERE</a> <BR><BR> I'm open to suggestions. I'd prefer to use solaris and zfs, but if it cannot be easily done I will stick with Linux. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
