Re: Server hardware advice.
On Wed, 7 Aug 2019 23:59:44 -0700
David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
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> Get at least four internal SATA 6 Gbps ports -- boot disk, optical disk,
> two data disks (mirrored). I prefer six.
Do most people running servers really want / need an optical disk? As
long as the machine can boot via USB, is an optical disk really
important for a server?
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> Then Intel stopped making desktop boards and I wanted ZFS. ZFS wants
> ECC memory. It was time to migrate to server hardware.
My understanding is that ZFS's need / desire for ECC is something of a
myth. It's certainly true that many ZFS / FreeNAS *users* have such a
need, but the filesystem itself apparently doesn't:
https://jrs-s.net/2015/02/03/will-zfs-and-non-ecc-ram-kill-your-data/
Celejar
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