[geeks] ZFS sanity check

[Phil Stracchino]

Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Oh ...  forgot to add:  Am I better off trying to shoehorn in a 
> completely separate boot disk and leave the array disks entirely for 
> ZFS?  I do have one free 3.5" bay in the case that I could put a 
> standalone boot disk into, and I just discovered two unused SATA ports 
> on the motherboard.  (The 12 array disks are on a battery-backed 
> controller.)

And on that subject, does anyone have any experience with these or 
similar products?

http://www.sansdigital.com/instaraid/is12tb.html
http://www.cyberresearch.com/store/product/hddm_2500b_4941.2.htm

I don't actually even need an enclosure, just a bracket to mount two 
2.5" SATA disks in a single 3.5" bay.  Surely that should be cheaply 
available somewhere.  If I can do that, I can have a mirrored boot 
without touching any of the big 300GB disks.  I've managed to find one 
internal adapter bracket-only, but (a) it's on a .UK store, and (b) it's 
set up and cabled for PATA disks.


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