Kevin wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm about out of space on a Sun Netra T1 that has been happily running
> OpenBSD for some time. I'd rather keep this server in action and add
> space to it, but both internal drive slots are occupied, so that means
> the only choice (short of reloading on bigger disks, which for a
> variety of reasons I'd rather avoid) is adding external storage.
>
> It seems like the logical choice would be a Direct Attached Storage
> box like a D1000 plugged into the external SCSI port or a PCI RAID
> card. So:
>
> 1.) Is the D1000 supported in 4.1 when attached to a Netra T1 either
> via the external SCSI or via a RAID card?
> (http://www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html#hardware doesn't mention it
> either way)
>
> 2.) Given the various supported RAID cards, is a more generic RAID
> enclosure attached to a 3rd party RAID card a better way to go?
>
> 3.) Are there better alternatives that I'm just overlooking?
>
> As always, many thanks.
> Kevin
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Kevin,
I am not sure about the OpenBSD support but, you cannot use the onboard
SCSI port to connect to a D1000. You need an HVD/Differential SCSI card.
These are easy to find, but needed.
James
