Hi,
I'm looking to build a home NAS server. I am planning on using opensolaris,
mostly because I want to use ZFS. I'll be buying 2 Hitachi 1TB SATAII disks, a
new motherboard, and a new processor. Since this is NAS, I plan on buying a
motherboard with onboard video. Also, I want giga ethernet.
- Are there chipsets that do not work or work well?
- for giga?
- for video? The boards I'm looking at usually have intel or nvidia
- I want the system to be lower power. Is AMD or Intel better?
- Is it ok to go with a lower end CPU? I was planning on getting about the
cheapest available.
- I would like to automatically start up the server every day around 4pm, and
shut it down around midnight (to save energy). Does anyone have motherboards
that do this? I really like this feature in my mac mini.
Are there issues I should know about? The specific motherboards I am looking at
are:
Intel BLKDG965WHMKR : Lan chipset is Intel 82566DC, video is Intel GMA X3000
GIGABYTE GA-M68SM-S2 (AMD): Lan chipset Realtek 8211BL, video is NVIDIA
GeForce 7025
(both are available on newegg)
Are there other issues I should plan around? I currently have an antec
true380w power supply. This has been sufficient in the past...
Anyone who has put together a system recently: what has worked well and what do
you wish you had done differently?
Thanks,
david
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