Yeah, 2GB is plenty for me, it's really a test box. Right now there's under
50GB of data on it :) It's also just a backup server, so read performance is a
non issue. It'll either be streaming data to it as fast as the drives can go,
or reading a TB or two off it. I also just bought a small amount of memory
knowing that prices can halve in 6 months, so if our needs increase I'll simply
upgrade the ram.
I can't remember off the top of my head what version I'm running, I think it's
OpenSolaris Community Edition (aka Nevada) build 77 or thereabouts. We wanted
to test the latest available at the time figuring it'll probably be in the main
Solaris by the time the full project goes ahead. Right now it's just running
Samba, but we've also done a full test of clustered ZFS, NFS & Samba with no
problems.
In terms of the drives, pick whichever you prefer, but check out some of the
silent PC websites before you buy. Drives are one of the noisiest components
if you're after a silent PC, and those WD ones really are quiet!
The supermicro card is the AOC-SAT2-MV8, but I believe there's a PCI-E SAS card
just been released by them that uses the same chipset as the new Sun x4540
server which is probably a better buy now.
Ross
> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:18:00 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> [email protected]> Subject: Re: [storage-discuss] Quietest 6+
> drive box for ZFS/rsync> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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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