On 2010-Oct-28 04:54:00 +0800, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote: >If I were to decide my current setup is too problem beset to continue >using it, is there a guide or some good advice I might employ to scrap >it out and build something newer and better in the old roomy midtower?
I'd scrap the existing PSU as well unless you are sure it is OK - consumer grade PSUs don't have especially long lives. >I'm a bit worried about whether with modern hardware the IDE drives >will even have a hookup. If it does, can I just hook the two rpool >discs up to two of them and expect it to boot OK? Most current motherboards still have one IDE channel, though they may not be able to boot off it. It's also still very easy to find PCIe cards with IDE ports (some have SATA as well). Again, you will need to check the fine print to make sure that they support booting off IDE. Assuming that you aren't currently using any hardware RAID, then there should be no problems accessing any of your existing pools from a new motherboard. Booting off your IDE rpool just relies on BIOS support for IDE booting (which you will need to verify). >I expect to make sure I have a goodly number of sata connections even >if it means extra cards, but again, can just hook the other mirrored >discs up and expect them to just work. Finding PCIe x1 cards with more than 2 SATA ports is difficult so you might want to make sure that either your chosen motherboard has lots of PCIe slots or has some wider slots. If you plan on using on-board video and re-using the x16 slot for something else, you should verify that the BIOS will let you do that - I've got several (admittedly old) systems where the x16 slot must either be empty or have a video card to work. If you are concerned about reliability, you might like to look at motherboard and CPU combinations that support ECC RAM. I believe all Asus AMD boards now support ECC and some Gigabyte boards do (though identifying them can be tricky). See the archives for lots more discussion on suggested systems for ZFS. >Would I expect to need to reinstall for starters? With care, nothing. -- Peter Jeremy
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