Re: [zfs-discuss] Inexpensive ZFS home server
What date format is that in? We who are used to OpenSolaris are internationalized to write dates in big endian style like -MM-DD, but I suppose this is in mixed up endian style MM/DD/, or? ;-) As you might have figured out it was in the format MM/DD/. or 20081112 - MMDD so it expires TODAY. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Inexpensive ZFS home server
Jonathan Loran wrote: David Evans wrote: For anyone looking for a cheap home ZFS server... Dell is having a sale on their PowerEdge SC440 for $199 (regular $598) through 11/12/2008. http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_sc440?c=uscs=04l=ens=bsd Its got Dual Core Intel® Pentium®E2180, 2.0GHz, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB and you can upgrade the memory (ECC too) to 2gb for 19$ bucks. @$199, I just ordered 2. dce I don't think the Pentium E2180 has the lanes to use ECC RAM. I'm also not confident the system board for this machine would make use of ECC memory either, which is not good from a ZFS perspective. How many SATA plugs are there on the MB in this guy? Jon ECC support is a function of the chipset AFAIK. That system has an Intel 3000 chipset which is stated to have ECC support. The Dell literature also states ECC support. I don't see any reason it wouldn't work as such. From the manual, it appears to have 4 SATA ports. For anyone contemplating buying one for home use, note that it has only PCIe x8, not x16 (for graphics cards). The SC440 is basically just a re-badged workstation. Nothing too exciting, but $199 is not a bad deal. -Brian -- ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Inexpensive ZFS home server
I don't think the Pentium E2180 has the lanes to use ECC RAM. look at the north bridge, not the cpu.. the PowerEdge SC440 uses intel 3000 MCH which supports up to 8GB unbuffered ECC or non-ECC DDR2 667/533 SDRAM. its been replaced with the intel 32x0 that uses DDR2 800/667MHz unbuffered ECC / non-ECC SDRAM. http://www.intel.com/products/server/chipsets/3200-3210/3200-3210-overview.htm Rob ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Inexpensive ZFS home server
David Evans wrote: For anyone looking for a cheap home ZFS server... Dell is having a sale on their PowerEdge SC440 for $199 (regular $598) through 11/12/2008. http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_sc440?c=uscs=04l=ens=bsd Its got Dual Core Intel® Pentium®E2180, 2.0GHz, 1MB Cache, 800MHz FSB and you can upgrade the memory (ECC too) to 2gb for 19$ bucks. @$199, I just ordered 2. dce I don't think the Pentium E2180 has the lanes to use ECC RAM. I'm also not confident the system board for this machine would make use of ECC memory either, which is not good from a ZFS perspective. How many SATA plugs are there on the MB in this guy? Jon -- - _/ _/ / - Jonathan Loran - - -/ / /IT Manager - - _ / _ / / Space Sciences Laboratory, UC Berkeley -/ / / (510) 643-5146 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - __/__/__/ AST:7731^29u18e3 ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
