Dick Davies wrote:
I was wondering if anyone could recommend hardware
forr a ZFS-based NAS for home use.
The 'zfs on 32-bit' thread has scared me of a mini-itx fanless
setup, so I'm looking at sparc or opteron. Ideally it would:
I think the issue with ZFS on 32-bit is revolving around the
efficient use of memory. If you have lots of memory, ZFS won't
use it. By contrast, in 64-bit systems, when you have lots of
memory, ZFS will use it. In either case, if you only have a
little bit of memory, ZFS may dominate. [my simplification, I'll
expect correction from the ZFS team, if I'm wrong :-)]
a) run quiet (blade 100/150 is ok, x4100 ain't :) )
b) take advantage of cheap disks
( ide/sata, unless scsi suddenly got affordable)
c) come in around the 300-400 pounds mark
I don't think you will have much memory at that price. I'd go for
2 GBytes, no matter what processor you get. 512 MBytes is too little
(I've got one of those here on the Ranch-net... for archive purposes
only)
-- richard
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