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Hello, I am building a home file server and am looking for an ATX mother board that will be supported well with OpenSolaris (onboard SATA controller, network, graphics if any, audio, etc). I decided to go for Intel based boards (socket LGA 775) since it seems like power management is better supported with Intel processors and power efficiency is an important factor. After reading several

...t of space, and they should be availible both from desktop & notebook. Also, all photo-content is unique, so I need some insuranse from single HDD crash. I understand, that I will not safe from fire, PSU failure and thing slike this. I selected hardware platform: Intel Q35-based MoBo with 6xSATA-II ports (all of them is chipset-based, so no SiliconImage/JMicron/Whatever crappy controllers), some low-end Core2Duo, 2Gb of memory. Storage will be 5x500Gb WD HDDs for RAID + one small HDD for boot, system, swap, etc. I want to have 2Tb (ok, not real Tb, I know) of "protected" storag...