This is the current thinking for my soon-to-be-built storage server.

I should consult freebsd-hardware first.

• Athena Power CA-SWH01BH8 Pedestal case
• The above case comes with two of these backplanes
• close up photos of that backplane
• mother board? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130136 was suggseted.
• m/b will either need 8 SATA connections or room for several cheap SATA controllers
• power supply, probably dependent upon the M/B but has to be grunty enough for 8xHDD
• 4GB RAM?
• HDD: SATA 3.0GB/s - probably one of the below
1. SAMSUNG F1 RAID Class HE103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5″
2. Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5″
3. Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5
4. Seagate Barracuda LP ST31500541AS 1.5TB 5900 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5″

Probably the SAMSUNG F1: their TLER/ERC is set to 7 seconds.

• CPU - probably AMD
• depending on the m/b, may need a SATA controller - it will need a non-RAID setting
• The Rosewill RC-211 2 port SATA II card is said to be reliable and cheap $20
• Or perhaps Syba PCI Express SATA II 4 x Ports RAID Controller: more expensive per port, but only two slots required.
• Above board referenced at http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-hardware&m=125845411422391&w=2
• Perhaps a caching SSD: see http://marc.info/?l=freebsd-stable&m=126574503131980&w=2

Of interest for WD drives: WDTLER.EXE

Oh, and I’ve been thinking of using FreeNAS.

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