> I built an OpenSolaris NAS 2 years ago and want build another one with > newer hardware, in particular, the motherboard and the SATA card. My > goal is to have a minimum of 8 2TB drives. Optimally, I would like to > have a motherboard with at least two PCI slots to put in 8-port SATA > cards. > > Does anybody have recommendations for hardware? (Strangely enough, the > motherboard I bought on Amazon two years ago {D945GCLF2} is twice the > price today) All of the motherboards on the HCL are either 2-3 years > old and not even sold by Amazon or Newegg or are multi-thousand > dollard motherboards (out of my price range).
Most stuff will work, especially with intel chipsets. But then, OpenSolaris is quite old and won't be updated anymore, so I'd suggest using OpenIndiana or Solaris 11 Express instead. Vennlige hilsener / Best regards roy -- Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk (+47) 97542685 r...@karlsbakk.net http://blogg.karlsbakk.net/ -- I all pedagogikk er det essensielt at pensum presenteres intelligibelt. Det er et elementært imperativ for alle pedagoger å unngå eksessiv anvendelse av idiomer med fremmed opprinnelse. I de fleste tilfeller eksisterer adekvate og relevante synonymer på norsk. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org