Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012, The Honorable Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky wrote: Obtaining an "approved" system seems very difficult. Because of the list being out of date and so the systems are no longer available, or because systems available now don't show up on the list? Sun was slow to update the list and it is not clear if Oracle updates the list at all. great. After reading the horror stories on the list I don't want to take a chance and buy the wrong machine and then have ZFS fail or Oracle tell me they don't support the machine. I can't answer for Oracle. There may be a chicken-and-egg problem since Oracle might not want to answer speculative questions but might be more concrete if you have a system in hand. Bob -- Bob Friesenhahn bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?
well check this link https://shop.oracle.com/pls/ostore/product?p1=SunFireX4270M2server&p2=&p3=&p4=&sc=ocom_x86_SunFireX4270M2server&tz=-4:00 you may not like the price Sent from my iPad On Mar 23, 2012, at 17:16, The Honorable Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky wrote: > On Fri Mar 23 at 10:06:12 2012 laot...@gmail.com wrote: > >> well >> use component of x4170m2 as example you will be ok >> intel cpu >> lsi sas controller non raid >> sas 72rpm hdd >> my 2c > > That sounds too vague to be useful unless I could afford an X4170M2. I > can't build a custom box and I don't have the resources to go over the parts > list and order something with the same components. Thanks though. > ___ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?
On Fri Mar 23 at 10:06:12 2012 laot...@gmail.com wrote: > well > use component of x4170m2 as example you will be ok > intel cpu > lsi sas controller non raid > sas 72rpm hdd > my 2c That sounds too vague to be useful unless I could afford an X4170M2. I can't build a custom box and I don't have the resources to go over the parts list and order something with the same components. Thanks though. ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Good tower server for around 1,250 USD?
Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Thu, 22 Mar 2012, The Honorable Senator and Mrs. John Blutarsky wrote: > > > > This will be a do-everything machine. I will use it for development, hosting > > various apps in zones (web, file server, mail server etc.) and running other > > systems (like a Solaris 11 test system) in VirtualBox. Ultimately I would > > like to put it under Solaris support so I am looking for something > > officially approved. The problem is there are so many systems on the HCL I > > don't know where to begin. One of the Supermicro super workstations looks > > Almost all of the systems listed on the HCL are defunct and no longer > purchasable except for on the used market. In my third world country some of these are still found new in box and sold at "just released" prices. I'm surprised to hear about the state of the HCL, but that is good info to be aware of. Why aren't they maintaining it? If you can find a system can you at least depend on their statement that they support it? Or is even that unknown? I would think if somebody buys a 5 year old new server based on them showing Premier support available and then they refuse to support it there would be the possibility of interesting legal action. > Obtaining an "approved" system seems very difficult. Because of the list being out of date and so the systems are no longer available, or because systems available now don't show up on the list? > In spite of this, Solaris runs very well on many non-approved modern > systems. Yes, I have entitlements from Sun so I am running an Update 8 box on a custom build with no problems. It wasn't built for Solaris or ZFS but works great. After reading the horror stories on the list I don't want to take a chance and buy the wrong machine and then have ZFS fail or Oracle tell me they don't support the machine. Thanks for your post. ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
