This is the setup I am running in production. It is not the quietest thing,
but that isn't an issue for me as it is in the datacenter.
A couple of notes:
the installer doesn't work when the Hotlava is installed. Probably wouldn't
be a problem with a less excessive card. I think it has to do with resource
allocation in 32-bit mode. just keep the cards out until after installation
of the operating system.
the S3210SHLX mainboard appears to have ACPI issues with the new ACPI
system. pass "acpi-user-options=8" to resolve any problems you encounter.
I have a mirrored ZPool from the 80G drives, which are the boot -pool. the
other 10 750GB Drives are configured in a RAIDZ2.
Quantity Brand Model Cost each
Cost Sub-total
1 Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 / 2.66 GHz 1333 MHz FSB 198
198
http://techdata.com/tools/ProductDetail/ProductDetail.aspx?P=34623G
1 Intel S3210SHLX 264
264
http://techdata.com/tools/ProductDetail/ProductDetail.aspx?P=35011G
2 Hotlava 6-port GigE NIC for PCI Express
(I dont have the info on this bit offhand. Its just a
6-port e1000g)
2 Kingston KVR800D2E5K2/2G 800MHz 58 116
http://techdata.com/tools/ProductDetail/ProductDetail.aspx?P=73154D
1 Chenbro RM-4140 16 Bay SATA 4U Case 620
620
http://www.circotech.com/rm-4140-ra414-16-bay-hot-swap-sata-4u-ra414-rackmount-computer-case.html
1 Chenbro 26" Rack Mount Rails 39
39
1 Thermaltake Redundant Hot-Swap 500W + 500W 440
440
http://www.circotech.com/i-star-500-500-auto-selecting-mini-redundant-power-supply.html
1 Teac 3 1/2" Floppy Drive 15
15
1 Lite-On DVD / CDRW drive 38
38
10 Seagate 750G SATAII Hard Drive 235
2350
http://www.techdata.com/tools/ProductDetail/ProductDetail.aspx?P=90677C
2 Seagate 80 GB SATAII Hard Drive 46 92
http://techdata.com/tools/ProductDetail/ProductDetail.aspx?P=96836D
2 Adaptec Supermicro AOC-SATA2-MV8 95
190
http://techdata.com/tools/ProductDetail/ProductDetail.aspx?P=61066E
I use each of these (and i have 4) as primary storage for 10-12 hosts. It
is probably over engineered for your application, so adjust as needed! for
what you are doing, I would drop the extra NICs and use the 2 onboard
e1000g's. They are detected properly in everything past snv_91.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 07/20/2008 03:16:54 AM:
> I'm looking for some suggestions here - I am an OSOL noob. I have
> used Linux mainly, and some FreeBSD. Originally I planned on using
> FreeBSD for this, but am a bit nervous about it's ZFS support, might
> as well run it on the native kernel, and the upcoming OSOL build has
> a lot of neat sounding features.
>
> Basically, my plan is to build a machine I can stick at home that
> will do nightly rsyncs to servers that I administer for various
> reasons. When the rsync is done, create a snapshot. Essentially
> nightly snapshots on the receiver side, since I cannot change the
> OS/filesystem on the remote servers.
>
> I'd plan on setting up one ZFS filesystem for each server. 15 at the
> most to start. Probably wouldn't grow very much more than that.
>
> I'm looking at a few million files, no more than 2TB of data to
> start. But I'd want plenty of room to grow. I also might decide to
> use this machine for home media storage as well (so I'd be using
> CIFS and/or NFS clients to access it)
>
> I'm looking for good hardware suggestions, I'd want 6 drives
> minimum. The main thing is finding a chassis that will keep all of
> this quiet. Then finding the right motherboard and/or extra SATA
> controller for more ports (if needed) with well-supported chipsets, etc.
>
> Services: ssh, ftp (maybe), cifs, nfs (maybe)
>
> How much RAM would you suggest for this? I'm thinking 4GB should
> handle these needs, but I have never adminned/dealt with a Solaris
> machine before.
>
> I'd be planning on running this on an Intel Core2 architecture.
> Would a dual-core suffice? I assume so.
>
> I'd be initiating the rsyncs at random times throughout the day - so
> it won't be one huge hit at once, if that helps at all.
>
> Any help is appreciated. FYI, I got more tempted to jump ship and
> try OSOL for storage after reading this: http://elektronkind.org/
> 2008/07/opensolaris-2008-11-storage
>
> Thanks a ton!
>
>
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