[geeks] LittleFall2

Shannon Hendrix shannon at widomaker.com
Wed Sep 24 23:26:19 CDT 2008


On Sep 24, 2008, at 15:56 , velociraptor wrote:

> I'm looking for something for the basis of a file server.  I'd like to
> keep it relatively low-power, but I think the "sweet spot" for used
> 3ware cards is probably the 8 port PCI-X (I've not checked recently,
> so am guessing).  Having a 2nd slot available to further expand a RAID
> array would make it more "future proof".

I've been working on a file server too.

I could use my existing Dell T105, but would like an independent one.

I was thinking of just getting a fast JBOD controller and using ZFS  
for RAID, rather than hardware RAID.

I didn't want to spend much on the controller.

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Shannon Hendrix
shannon at widomaker.com



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