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Best ZFS SSDs?

Revodrive looks interesting for the read cache as it would not eat up a HD slot - thanks for the tip. Obviously not for the zil log since it has no power protection.
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- Post #6
- Nov 18, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Best ZFS SSDs?

Well it is a home/small business set up, however as part of my goal with this set up is high availability so reliability is very important and I may be running up to 50 VMs on it with a few databases as well. I am probably misinterpreting the specs but when I look at the Intel 320, for an 80...
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- Post #4
- Nov 18, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Best ZFS SSDs?

Looking at adding a pair of SSDs (mirrored) for my zfs write cache (zil log) and also one for my read cache (l2arc). The read cache SSD seems pretty straight forward to pick out. Basically faster reads is better so probably any Vertex 3, Crucial, etc. would work well. However the write cache...
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- Nov 18, 2011
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Non-RAID SATA PCIe card suggestions?

With ZFS you can use caching drives... I was planning on using SSD for those.
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- Post #9
- Jan 21, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Non-RAID SATA PCIe card suggestions?

Thanks for the great suggestions. I've been researching these and it looks like the Supermicro might be the least expensive option. I was looking at the AOC-USAS2-L8E since it would give 6 Gb/s (~$150). It does have the LSISAS 2008 SAS controller and from what I read it looks like open...
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- Post #7
- Jan 14, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Non-RAID SATA PCIe card suggestions?

I'm setting up a storage server that can support up to 14 drives. I have been looking for a SATA PCIe card but surprisingly (to me at least) I haven't been able to find much. I don't need RAID because I will be using software RAID. However I have limited PCIe slots so I would like to fit as...
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- Jan 13, 2011
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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ZFS High Availability SAN

theevilsharpie - I think you always have that risk. In a larger environment with an expensive EMC SAN and cisco fiber switches, there were several downtimes even though it was a fully supported configuration. It wasn't due to configuration issues either because what fixed most of it (they...
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- Post #4
- Jan 6, 2011
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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ZFS High Availability SAN

I have a few VMware servers, however the challenge is to create an inexpensive (relatively) highly available SAN (iSCSI) to store the virtual machines. I like the error correction and de-duplication features of ZFS. I considered just building a ZFS box which would give me raidz2 for the hard...
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- Jan 5, 2011
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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3D without glasses

THese guys have been selling these for years: http://www.dti3d.com Not sure why it isn't more mainstream/well known. When they were reviewed on Anandtech many years ago the reviewer was blown away with it.
- BaDaBooM
- Post #10
- Jan 9, 2010
- Forum: Ask a Technical Professional
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Confused about 3d announcements

To me, the 3d is more than a gimmick. If done right, I would certainly be on board. I just can't figure out why anyone is pursuing 3d tech with glasses when there are ones where glasses aren't needed. I wish I could afford to go somewhere to see some of these or try them out. I'm curious...
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- Post #4
- Jan 8, 2010
- Forum: Audio Components
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Confused about 3d announcements

I keep seeing these announcements about 3d TVs that are amazing and new. Then I read them and they talk about glasses.... what? I remember seeing a review here on Anandtech MANY years ago for a 3d LCD display without needing any glasses at all from these guys: http://www.dti3d.com/ Am...
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- Jan 7, 2010
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Audio Components
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Free Site to lookup steel market prices?

I've searched but the ones I've found make you sign up/pay for going rates for steel. Specifically I'm looking for current market prices for 1018 steel. Thanks in advanced.
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- Thread
- Dec 28, 2009
- Replies: 0
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Custom External Storage Array with Cluster Support

Is there anyone that has done this (or attempted this)?
- BaDaBooM
- Post #5
- Jul 9, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Custom External Storage Array with Cluster Support

I will clarify. Note that the eSATA piece is not really being used as any kind of SAN protocol. It will only be used as direct attached storage to the cluster nodes (more than likely only 2 as I haven't found any SATA multiplexers that do more than 2 host connections). I understand that each...
- BaDaBooM
- Post #4
- Jul 6, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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When it rains, it pours - Seagate... 'nuff said

Been out of the game a bit, so if Seagate's rep is down.... who's is up? I saw a couple posts for Samsung. Are they the new "reliable" brand?
- BaDaBooM
- Post #14
- Jul 6, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage

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