I'm looking to build a ZFS storage box, and like most people who do this, I've dubbed it "The Vault". The specs are below: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZBDV8TJO http://rapidshare.com/files/264238634/The_Vault.pdf http://mukiex.dnsdojo.net/The_Vault.pdf (my home linux box, be gentle!)
To summarize, it's an Intel Atom 330, 2GB RAM, a Sata card based on the SIL3124 chipset, two Compact Flash adapters (with 2 4GB cards), and 4 1.5 TB hard drives. As you can probably guess, the plan is to install OpenSolaris as a ZFS mirror onto the CF cards (using a temporary optical drive I'll remove after installation) and import the 4 drives (taking up each case slot, including the 5.25" one) as a RAIDZ. So the questions are as follows, if anyone has made a similar contraption: - Will the PCI SATA card cut it? The chipset looks compatible AFAICT. - For that matter, will the motherboard SATA work? Important for the ZFS boot install. - Is this enough power? I know an ATOM with 2 gigs is pretty darn low, but keep in mind that I have no plans to EVER connect this box to a monitor after install. It's SSH all the way. All I plan to do with it is make it a fileserver and POSSIBLY a print server. Realistically, once I can scrounge up the cash to create "The Monster" (that 20-slot hotplug case on Newegg looks plenty sexy), it'll become a portable NAS, so it's not exactly murdering itself on running programs. Any help or advice on this setup would be greatly appreciated. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
