x4540s use the LSI controller. We got an upgrade on our x4500 because of systemic problems with our Raid-z setup and the Marvel controllers and the drivers (This has been several years, maybe 4)
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Gary Gendel <g...@genashor.com> wrote: > On 06/21/2013 11:56 AM, Peter Tribble wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Gary Gendel <g...@genashor.com> wrote: >> >> I have a possibility of picking up a decommissioned X4340 (thumper) >>> >> >> Hm. An X4340 is some sort of power transfer unit. >> >> Thumper = X4500 >> >> Thor = X4540 >> > > Whoops, it's the X4540 > > >> >> w/o disks >>> >> >> That's the killer. These boxes are very fussy about the drives that work; >> the >> real value of them now is for the disks they contain, you're going to have >> trouble getting drives (and it's going to cost). >> > Interesting. I thought they used the same Marvell MV88SX6081 8-port > controllers I picked up for the v20z. I've been using that for modern WD > and Seagate SATA drives without issue. > > >> >> to replace my aging V20z ( and multiple external drive stacks cheap. It >>> looks like it should be supported by looking at the HCL. >>> >>> Is there any gotchas I should be aware of before I commit to purchase? >>> Is >>> there something more modern I should be looking at instead? >>> >>> Probably look at something more modern, and something sized to suit. >> It really needs to be full of 48 drives, only a couple of models are >> supported, >> and they're all getting a bit old. >> > Just looking for something cheap and big enough for at least 8 drives. I > currently have two 5-drive external cases. Since I haven't gotten the sata > multiplexers to work, I have all 8 sata cables running out of the marvell > controller directly to each drive, my own personal octopus. Can't get much > more of a kludge than that. > > Gary > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@**openindiana.org<OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org> > http://openindiana.org/**mailman/listinfo/openindiana-**discuss<http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss> > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss