Comments on: The File Server (more detail) http://dan.langille.org/2010/02/11/the-file-server-more-detail/ He has another more popular diary. This one is more general. Fri, 18 May 2012 19:50:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: A. Lurker http://dan.langille.org/2010/02/11/the-file-server-more-detail/#comment-405 A. Lurker Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:47:02 +0000 http://dan.langille.org/?p=264#comment-405 I think Highpoint is good stuff, I use a lowend RR and it's been great. Everything I use is UFS2 so I can't comment on the ZFS angle. I'm *very* pleased with gmirror except that I had to leave 8.0R to get the fixes for the bad performance mentioned elsewhere. I'd give it (ZFS) a shot if I was building something today with more than two disks in a volume but everything is built and I'm not messing with it unless it breaks. I simply don't trust Seagate. Others swear by it. Pick your poison. We have a couple 1U Supermicros at work. They work but sound like jet turbines. Looks like a nice project, have fun. I think Highpoint is good stuff, I use a lowend RR and it’s been great. Everything I use is UFS2 so I can’t comment on the ZFS angle. I’m *very* pleased with gmirror except that I had to leave 8.0R to get the fixes for the bad performance mentioned elsewhere. I’d give it (ZFS) a shot if I was building something today with more than two disks in a volume but everything is built and I’m not messing with it unless it breaks. I simply don’t trust Seagate. Others swear by it. Pick your poison. We have a couple 1U Supermicros at work. They work but sound like jet turbines. Looks like a nice project, have fun.

]]> By: Dan http://dan.langille.org/2010/02/11/the-file-server-more-detail/#comment-404 Dan Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:43:55 +0000 http://dan.langille.org/?p=264#comment-404 No, I hadn't. But looking at them now, they appear to be RAID related issues. I will not be using this card for RAID. I will be using it only as a SATA straight-through controller (aka JBOD). No RAID at all. All RAID will be done by ZFS via RAIDZ. What do you think now? No, I hadn’t. But looking at them now, they appear to be RAID related issues. I will not be using this card for RAID. I will be using it only as a SATA straight-through controller (aka JBOD). No RAID at all. All RAID will be done by ZFS via RAIDZ.

What do you think now?

]]> By: A. Lurker http://dan.langille.org/2010/02/11/the-file-server-more-detail/#comment-403 A. Lurker Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:32:59 +0000 http://dan.langille.org/?p=264#comment-403 Regarding #3, above, did you read some of the Newegg comments? This might affect your choices of disks. Regarding #3, above, did you read some of the Newegg comments? This might affect your choices of disks.

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