The_Engineer
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I'm looking for as much FIRST-HAND information as possible from anyone who has tried ZFS. I am also wanting any advice on building a server tailored towards this purpose.
I am planning to implement an Opensolaris server in my home which will eventually fill a norco 4020 (20 3.5" Bays) Similar to Ockie's Galaxy 6 only I need to start on a much smaller scale.
Also data integrity and redundancy is 100% imperative to me so I plan on having all of my data Protected by parity as I understand a ZFS pool is capable of doing. Currently i have over 4TB of data stored in 3 RAID5 Arrays using various raid5 implementations but want a server that will scale to fill a all 20 bays of a Norco 4020 over time even though i'm not going to be buying all the drives at once and still be able to have all the files organized in a single volume. If I understand correct a single ZFS Volume can expand to incorproate drives as they are added and can even be configured to span over a local network if necessary.
here is a link to The parts I intend to use over the long run.
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=9737231
My budget up front is very small (enough for a card and 2-3 1tb HDD's) and I would like to start out simply by installing opensolaris on one of my existing machines and migrating this pool into the norco and onto a new board in time.
Any advice and or resources would be highly appreciated.
I am planning to implement an Opensolaris server in my home which will eventually fill a norco 4020 (20 3.5" Bays) Similar to Ockie's Galaxy 6 only I need to start on a much smaller scale.
Also data integrity and redundancy is 100% imperative to me so I plan on having all of my data Protected by parity as I understand a ZFS pool is capable of doing. Currently i have over 4TB of data stored in 3 RAID5 Arrays using various raid5 implementations but want a server that will scale to fill a all 20 bays of a Norco 4020 over time even though i'm not going to be buying all the drives at once and still be able to have all the files organized in a single volume. If I understand correct a single ZFS Volume can expand to incorproate drives as they are added and can even be configured to span over a local network if necessary.
here is a link to The parts I intend to use over the long run.
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=9737231
My budget up front is very small (enough for a card and 2-3 1tb HDD's) and I would like to start out simply by installing opensolaris on one of my existing machines and migrating this pool into the norco and onto a new board in time.
Any advice and or resources would be highly appreciated.