I've found the LSI MegaRAID 9280 24i4e (since we currently have 6 backplane boards, of 4 drives each, this would probably do)
about £1000, so only 20% more ... but do you know if such a board will do JBOD? Ta On 8 October 2013 14:23, Garrett D'Amore <[email protected]> wrote: > HighPoint used to use cheap Marvell controllers, IIRC. I wouldn't > seriously recommend them. > > Most people these days are using LSI cards of some form or another. There > are other vendors as well… but for SAS or SATA drives, I think LSI might be > your best bet. (Areca is another vendor that folks have had good results > with, but make sure its a supported card, not all of them are.) > > - Garrett > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 5:02 AM, Jonathan Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi there, looking for some advice ... > > I have a colleague who has set up a new 4U rack box, we wanted to run > Solaris/Illumos on it, but he bought a "HighPoint R750" card, which isn't > currently supported ... it also has trouble with Wester Digital 4TB drives > (sees about 5 and then gives up, unless you reboot after the drives are > spun up, in which case it sees them all) > > I'm getting a bit edgy about the card, and was wondering if there was a > better manufacturer, or specific card that people would advise on going to, > without a huge increase in cost. > > > http://www.scan.co.uk/products/40-port-highpoint-rocket-750-10x-mini-sas-ports-for-a-total-upto-40x-sata-hdd-using-6gb-s-connection > > Thanks in advance for advice :) > > Jon > *illumos-discuss* | > Archives<https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/22003744-9012f59c> | > Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com/> > > > *illumos-discuss* | > Archives<https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/23508059-3f15f76a> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
