On 3/1/2010 9:10 PM, Robert Hartzell wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 20:20 -0500, Dan Langille wrote:
>> I'm in the early stages of building an SD which will hold 8TB.
>>
>> This is where you should start:
>>
>>     http://dan.langille.org/2010/02/23/the-new-box-some-purchases/
>>
>> Earlier: the hardware selection process
>>
>> Later: some slight refinements.
>>
>> Goal: A FreeBSD 8.x system with a ZFS filesystem on 5x2TB HDD.
>>
>> Price: about $1800 I think.
>>
>> I should be building it this weekend.
>>
>> Yes: I could have built it cheaper.  The main goal: big and decently
>> reliable.
>>
>
> I would double the ram (or more) if possible... zfs will love you for
> it.

4GB is a good start from what I've been told.  I can add more later.  I 
have space.

thanks.

-- 
Dan Langille - http://langille.org/

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