ZFS options for SB processors?

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What are my options for a ZFS based SB Nas?

There is no support for SB chipsets in Solaris 11 Express... I am not sure about BSD variants..
 
I mean honestly sandy bridge means i3 or i5 or a couple of the Xeons. I mean what do you want us to say? You should probably provide more info? For me an i3 is enough. Do you need VT-d? Do you want ECC? Blah blah blah...
 
All I need to know is what OS's can I run providing ZFS support for sandy bridge CPUs (H67 or P67 chipsets). I am planning a i3-2100T (35W TDP) ultra low powered server for 24x7 operation serving media files and some other low end tasks..

I am lead to believe that Open Solaris or Solaris 11 Express won't even boot on a H67/P67 chipset system.

So, besides Open Solaris, or Solaris 11 and their derivatives, what other options do I have?
FreeBSD solutions? (are any 'production ready')?

Sorry I thought it was quite a simple question? *puzzled*
 
I would like to know this also (Though specifically with the new Xeons & C202/204/206 chipsets)
 
All I need to know is what OS's can I run providing ZFS support for sandy bridge CPUs (H67 or P67 chipsets). I am planning a i3-2100T (35W TDP) ultra low powered server for 24x7 operation serving media files and some other low end tasks..

I am lead to believe that Open Solaris or Solaris 11 Express won't even boot on a H67/P67 chipset system.

So, besides Open Solaris, or Solaris 11 and their derivatives, what other options do I have?
FreeBSD solutions? (are any 'production ready')?

Sorry I thought it was quite a simple question? *puzzled*

I would think Solaris Express should work fine. I'm booting OpenIndiana on my i3 2100.... I've also tried FreeNAS 0.72 and 0.8 RC5. They all work. Sorry, I can't tell you everything because I just built my rig last Monday. I don't even have enough SATA power connectors which is why I'm waiting on a new modular PSU to clean things up. Plus I'm more OS testing now before I plug everything in and make it a NAS.
 
Thanks for your help anyway. interesting that Open Indiana booted on your i3 2100.. is that the "T" model as thats the processor Im thinking of getting for my rig?

Are you using a H67 mobo?
 
Thanks for your help anyway. interesting that Open Indiana booted on your i3 2100.. is that the "T" model as thats the processor Im thinking of getting for my rig?

Are you using a H67 mobo?

I'm using an Asus P8H67-M Evo board. I am not using the T model, but your T model you're looking at is just a lower clocked 2100 with lower TDP. My 2100 is a 3.1ghz processor. I haven't really checked if it lowers its clock speed or anything, but with 4 drives plugged in, a DVD drive and 5 fans (once I setup some undervolting I think I can cut out 2 fans), I idle around 63W or so according to my Killawatt.
 
Why the hell would SE11 or *any other* operating system refuse to boot a standard x86/x64 CPU? This is just bullsh*t.
The only thing that may happen is that some fancy chipset-features or CPU-features like VT-d or AESNI are unsupported. That's it.
 
If there IS a boot issue it would most likely be due to some motherboard/chipset issue, not the cpu.
 
have had an i3-2100 box up & running ROCK SOLID for about 2 weeks with zfs serving out NFS.

I used the following:
Qty 2: e-sata dual port
Qty 3: External Enclosures
and i3-2100 $99 combo from microcenter.

On the second link, check out my review on how to set it up with linux & freebsd. My name there in the reviews is "Robstar"
 
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