. > > So, I'm sold. But, now I need a hardware card to support 8-12 sata drives, > and finding one that Solaris can use is quite difficult. I was hoping to get > something more simple and less expensive than the 3ware cards, since the riad > control would now be strictly software.
Software 'raid' SATA controllers hardware can support 8-12 and more with port multipliers...the problem is that port multiplier support is not in yet as far as I know. > > I have only found maybe 1-2 cards even close (and I can't find confirmation > they work), and those are all PCI-x which my current Dell server doesn't > offer. > > > So the long and the short: > Are there ANY JBOD sata controller cards support 8+ drives that are (A) PCIe > and (B) work with Solaris? Sun's wonderful 48 drive system? > > > I've tried browsing the HCL, but it didn't yield much. I read tons of posts > and blogs from people running 8-10 disc ZFS pools using Sata drives, but no > mention of the controller cards they used. I've tried emailing, with no real > luck. > > Anyone help me? Push for port-multiplier support for sil3124, marvell and ahci drivers. A four port SATA card plus 5 drives hanging on each port makes for a total of 20 drives when port multipliers are used. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
