hardware for home use large storage

[Charles Sprickman]

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010, Dan Langille wrote:

> Dan Naumov wrote:
>>> On Sun, 14 Feb 2010, Dan Langille wrote:
>>>> After creating three different system configurations (Athena,
>>>> Supermicro, and HP), my configuration of choice is this Supermicro
>>>> setup:
>>>>
>>>>     1. Samsung SATA CD/DVD Burner $20 (+ $8 shipping)
>>>>     2. SuperMicro 5046A $750 (+$43 shipping)
>>>>     3. LSI SAS 3081E-R $235
>>>>     4. SATA cables $60
>>>>     5. Crucial 3×2G ECC DDR3-1333 $191 (+ $6 shipping)
>>>>     6. Xeon W3520 $310
>> 
>> You do realise how much of a massive overkill this is and how much you
>> are overspending?
>
>
> I appreciate the comments and feedback.  I'd also appreciate alternative 
> suggestions in addition to what you have contributed so far.  Spec out the 
> box you would build.

$1200, and I'll run any benchmarks you'd like to see:

http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=8441629

This box is really only for backups, so no fancy CPU.  The sub-$100 
celeron seems to not impact ZFS performance a bit.  It does have ECC 
memory, and a fancy "server" mainboard.

C

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