Building a file server for home

[Dan Langille]

KAYVEN RIESE wrote:
> 
> What about the wire?

I have no idea what you refer to.

> On Wed, 10 Feb 2010, Dan Langille wrote:
> 
>> This is a continuation of a post I started in -stable. 
>> http://marc.info/?t=126560537900002&r=1&w=2
>>
>> I'm going to be running FreeBSD 8.x with RAIDZ.  Most of what I've 
>> decided upon / has been suggested is at 
>> http://dan.langille.org/2010/02/10/the-file-server/
>>
>> In short, I'm pretty much decided upon this case:
>>
>> * Athena Power CA-SWH01BH8 Pedestal case
>> * http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811192058
>> * contains 2 SATAx4 Hot-Swap HDD bays
>> * sounds like good value for a case with hot swap
>> * got a better case?
>>
>> Various suggestions have been made for the motherboard and HDD.  I'm 
>> asking you folks for suggestions based on what you know.
>>
>> Here's the list of items to be selected, but feel free to suggest 
>> stuff not listed:
>>
>> * mother board
>> * power supply
>> * hard drives
>> * RAM
>> * perhaps a caching SSD
>>
>> If the motherboard lacks the SATA connections, I'm probably going to 
>> use the Syba PCI Express SATA II 4 x Ports RAID Controller Card 
>> SY-PEX40008:
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/Syba-Express-Ports-Controller-SY-PEX40008/dp/B002R0DZWQ/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1258452902&sr=1-22 
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.