This is awesome info!

On 7/21/08, Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 2x Kingston 1GB DDR2: £13 each

is 2 gigs enough for your ZFS load? what else do you do on the box?

what version of OSOL/Solaris do you run?

> 6x Western Digital Caviar 1TB WD10EACS: £144.94 each

These are the "green" ones that spin down and try to be low power
consumption, which is neat but I don't really like WD's :) I like
Seagates mainly for the warranty...

> Supermicro 8 port SATA controller: £62.10

What model exactly/chipset?

> I'm using RAID-Z2 with one drive for the OS, so only have 2TB usable in this 
> server (it's really just a testbed for us).  With a small 2.5" boot drive and 
> a couple more 1TB drives you should be able to get 6TB usable.

Sure - I'll fill it with 1GB drives and have a compact flash or some
other thing for boot (I may need some help from OSOL experts on that -
how large of a CF card I'd need to make a proper solaris boot
environment...)
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