hardware for home use large storage

[Dan Langille]

Charles Sprickman wrote:
> 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.

That's pretty neat.  Especially given it has 4x1TB of disks.

For my needs, I'd like a bigger case and PSU: $720 without HDD.

https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=8918889

My system will have a minimum of 8 SATA devices (5 for ZFS, 2 for the 
gmirror'd OS, and 1 for the optical drive).  Thus, I'd still need to buy 
another SATA controller on top of the above.

Thank you.