Dear Lazyweb, OpenSolaris 2008.11?
Have any of you built a box with this one yet? Have any of you built a 2008.5 box? I'm trying to spec out the motherboard, SATA controller, and CPU requirements, and could use some help from more knowledgeable folks. Here's my base requirements:
+ 64bit CPU.
+ At *least* 6 SATA2 ports. +1 IDE port for boot.
+ Gigabit Ethernet. Two channels would be swell.
+ >4GB RAM
+ Good power management, MUST have drive idle sleeping capability. (Don't remember what this is called in PC land)
Ideally, I'd like what the engineers are using, but barring that, I'd like the most common reliable config. We're going for long term stability. Also, I'm sick of bad drive controllers lying to the OS about write cache flushing. (Fuck you Silicon Image. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.)
Thanks!
+ 64bit CPU.
+ At *least* 6 SATA2 ports. +1 IDE port for boot.
+ Gigabit Ethernet. Two channels would be swell.
+ >4GB RAM
+ Good power management, MUST have drive idle sleeping capability. (Don't remember what this is called in PC land)
Ideally, I'd like what the engineers are using, but barring that, I'd like the most common reliable config. We're going for long term stability. Also, I'm sick of bad drive controllers lying to the OS about write cache flushing. (Fuck you Silicon Image. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.)
Thanks!