Re: [zfs-discuss] Inexpensive ZFS home server

2008-11-12 Thread David Evans
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

Re: [zfs-discuss] Inexpensive ZFS home server

2008-11-12 Thread Brian H. Nelson
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

Re: [zfs-discuss] Inexpensive ZFS home server

2008-11-12 Thread Rob Logan
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 /

Re: [zfs-discuss] Inexpensive ZFS home server

2008-11-12 Thread Jonathan Loran
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 IntelĀ® PentiumĀ®E2180,