[OpenIndiana-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

[Harry Putnam]

Being much a novice in building for a zfs server, I've cobbled up a
setup with one of those build it online setups... on ebay this one
was. But before I plunge for the green backs.  I'd really feel a bit
more confident if a few experienced people ran there eye down the
lineup and see if anything looks like a deal breaker, or needs
changing. 

It seems like a decent enough price at 1317 (+ Free shipping) but
again.. I'm not one who would really know if it was or not.

This machine will be used as a home lan zfs server, and will be
handling a fair bit of hefty video and other graphic files since I am
an amateur videographer and need to save certain elements of my
projects for a while after they are sold... A single project can
easily run into a 100GB and more... but usually the parts that need
saving are more like 50-80 gb.

This setup will have the 2 new 1tb discs seen in the build and then

  2 500 gb ide disks 
  2 500 gb sata disks
  2 750 gb sata disks 

that are still at this moment attached to my old dysfunctional zfs server.

I will set them up in mirrored pairs so will end up with something
like 2.5 TB of usable space. And then of course take off whatever
amount zfs needs for its workings... but anyway it will be a decent
amount of space.

And now the line up:
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price:  $1317.00 

CONFIGURATION 

PARTS: CPU: AMD 64 CPU AM3 
       AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2GHz (Six Core) 45nm, AM3 6MB
       Cache

PARTS: Cooling Fans: AMD 64 CPU Fans
       Coolermaster GeminII S, 5 Copper Heat Pipes, Dual Cooler CPU 
       fan 

PARTS: Motherboards: AMD 64 AM3 Motherboards 
       GIGABYTE GA-890GPA-UD3H,Onboard Video,HDMI,X-fire,USB
       3.0,SATA3,IEEE

PARTS: Memory: DDR3 Dual Channel memory 
       16GB (4x4GB) PC10600 DDR3 1333 Dual Channel 

PARTS: Video & TV Cards: PCI-Express Video cards 
       NONE SELECTED 

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| [Aside: the following drives could as well be 2 TB WD green (as the
| 1tb WD black shown below) for an extra $33 per,(total $66), but I was
| not sure if at some point the shear size begins to be a problem by
| itself for things like scrub or resilvering.
| 
| Any comments on that would be welcome too.]
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PARTS: Hard Drives 
       1000.0GB Western Digital Black 7200RPM SATA 3 6.0Gb/s 64m 
       cache

PARTS: Hard Drives 
       1000.0GB Western Digital Black 7200RPM SATA 3 6.0Gb/s 64m 
       cache

PARTS: CD/DVD/R/RW Drives: DVD Recorders 
       Lite On 22x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW 

PARTS: Sound Cards 
       Realtek HD digital audio (onboard) 

PARTS: Networking: Network Cards 
       Ethernet network adapter (onboard) 

PARTS: Cases / Power Supplies: Cases 
       Antec P193 Black Case, Full Tower, 11 bays, front USB & eSATA 

PARTS: Cooling Fans: Case Fans 
       Dual Case Fans 120 mm Extra Quiet DC fan (two fans) 

PARTS: Power Supply 
       Corsair 750W ultra quiet ATX Power Supply, SLI & X-fire 
       ready

PARTS: Speakers 
       Black Multimedia amplified stereo speakers 

SOFTWARE: Operating Systems 
          NONE SELECTED 

PARTS: Assembly and Test 
       Standard assembly and test 3-5 business days