Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding SATA cards for ZFS; was Lundman home NAS
On 01/09/09 08:26, James Andrewartha wrote: > Jorgen Lundman wrote: >>> The mv8 is a marvell based chipset, and it appears there are no >>> Solaris drivers for it. There doesn't appear to be any movement from >>> Sun or marvell to provide any either. >> >> Do you mean specifically Marvell 6480 drivers? I use both DAC-SATA-MV8 >> and AOC-SAT2-MV8, which use Marvell MV88SX and works very well in >> Solaris. (Package SUNWmv88sx). > > They're PCI-X SATA cards, the AOC-SASLP-MV8 is a PCIe SAS card and has > no (Open)Solaris driver. > Shame, I was just thinking that this was a nice looking card that could replace my AOC-SAT2-MV8s. Ah well... R. ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding SATA cards for ZFS; was Lundman home NAS
Jorgen Lundman wrote: The mv8 is a marvell based chipset, and it appears there are no Solaris drivers for it. There doesn't appear to be any movement from Sun or marvell to provide any either. Do you mean specifically Marvell 6480 drivers? I use both DAC-SATA-MV8 and AOC-SAT2-MV8, which use Marvell MV88SX and works very well in Solaris. (Package SUNWmv88sx). They're PCI-X SATA cards, the AOC-SASLP-MV8 is a PCIe SAS card and has no (Open)Solaris driver. -- James Andrewartha ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding SATA cards for ZFS; was Lundman home NAS
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Jorgen Lundman wrote: > The mv8 is a marvell based chipset, and it appears there are no Solaris >> drivers for it. There doesn't appear to be any movement from Sun or marvell >> to provide any either. >> >> > Do you mean specifically Marvell 6480 drivers? I use both DAC-SATA-MV8 and > AOC-SAT2-MV8, which use Marvell MV88SX and works very well in Solaris. > (Package SUNWmv88sx). > > Lund > > -- > Jorgen Lundman | > Unix Administrator | +81 (0)3 -5456-2687 ext 1017 (work) > Shibuya-ku, Tokyo| +81 (0)90-5578-8500 (cell) > Japan| +81 (0)3 -3375-1767 (home) > > Interesting, there was a big thread that this card was in over at hardocp, and they said with 2009.06 it didn't work. --Tim ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding SATA cards for ZFS; was Lundman home NAS
The mv8 is a marvell based chipset, and it appears there are no Solaris drivers for it. There doesn't appear to be any movement from Sun or marvell to provide any either. Do you mean specifically Marvell 6480 drivers? I use both DAC-SATA-MV8 and AOC-SAT2-MV8, which use Marvell MV88SX and works very well in Solaris. (Package SUNWmv88sx). Lund -- Jorgen Lundman | Unix Administrator | +81 (0)3 -5456-2687 ext 1017 (work) Shibuya-ku, Tokyo| +81 (0)90-5578-8500 (cell) Japan| +81 (0)3 -3375-1767 (home) ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding SATA cards for ZFS; was Lundman home NAS
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Brandon High wrote: > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Maurilio Longo > wrote: > > Robin, > > > > LSI 3041er and 3081er are pci-e 4 and 8 ports sata cards; they are not > hot-swap capable, as far as I know, but do work very well (I'm using several > of them) in jbod and they're not too expensive. > > Supermicro has an inexpensive PCI-e SAS card available now: > > http://supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-SASLP-MV8.cfm > > You can also use something like the AOC-USAS-L8i, which costs about > the same. It's a ULI, so the components are on the "wrong" side of the > board, but it's still just PCIe electrically. > > -B > > The mv8 is a marvell based chipset, and it appears there are no Solaris drivers for it. There doesn't appear to be any movement from Sun or marvell to provide any either. --Tim ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding SATA cards for ZFS; was Lundman home NAS
On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Maurilio Longo wrote: > Robin, > > LSI 3041er and 3081er are pci-e 4 and 8 ports sata cards; they are not > hot-swap capable, as far as I know, but do work very well (I'm using several > of them) in jbod and they're not too expensive. Supermicro has an inexpensive PCI-e SAS card available now: http://supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-SASLP-MV8.cfm You can also use something like the AOC-USAS-L8i, which costs about the same. It's a ULI, so the components are on the "wrong" side of the board, but it's still just PCIe electrically. -B -- Brandon High : bh...@freaks.com ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding SATA cards for ZFS; was Lundman home NAS
Robin, LSI 3041er and 3081er are pci-e 4 and 8 ports sata cards; they are not hot-swap capable, as far as I know, but do work very well (I'm using several of them) in jbod and they're not too expensive. See this http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/lsisas3041er/index.html -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding SATA cards for ZFS; was Lundman home NAS
On 03/08/09 17:35, Neal Pollack wrote: > On 07/31/09 06:12 PM, Jorgen Lundman wrote: >> >> Finding a SATA card that would work with Solaris, and be hot-swap, and >> more than 4 ports, sure took a while. Oh and be reasonably priced ;) > > Let's take this first point; "card that works with Solaris" > > I might try to find some engineers to write device drivers to > improve this situation. > Would this alias be interested in teaching me which 3 or 4 cards they would > put at the top of the "wish list" for Solaris support? > I assume the current feature gap is defined as needing driver support > for PCI-express add-in cards that have 4 to 8 ports inexpensive > JBOD, not expensive HW RAID, and can handle hot-swap while running OS. > Would this be correct? That would be correct, except I don't know any cheap, 4- to 8-port PCIe SATA cards. I'm still finding that the Supermicro PCI-X 8-port cards are the cheapest option. But they require PCI-X slot for optimal performance, which generally means a pricey mobo. R. ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding SATA cards for ZFS; was Lundman home NAS
I have not carried out any research into this area, but when I was building my home server I wanted to use a Promise SATA-PCI card, but alas (Open)Solaris has no support at all for the Promise chipsets. Instead I used a rather old card based on the sil3124 chipset. n On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Neal Pollack wrote: > Let's take this first point; "card that works with Solaris" > > I might try to find some engineers to write device drivers to > improve this situation. > Would this alias be interested in teaching me which 3 or 4 cards they would > put at the top of the "wish list" for Solaris support? > I assume the current feature gap is defined as needing driver support > for PCI-express add-in cards that have 4 to 8 ports inexpensive > JBOD, not expensive HW RAID, and can handle hot-swap while running OS. > Would this be correct? ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Finding SATA cards for ZFS; was Lundman home NAS
On 07/31/09 06:12 PM, Jorgen Lundman wrote: Finding a SATA card that would work with Solaris, and be hot-swap, and more than 4 ports, sure took a while. Oh and be reasonably priced ;) Let's take this first point; "card that works with Solaris" I might try to find some engineers to write device drivers to improve this situation. Would this alias be interested in teaching me which 3 or 4 cards they would put at the top of the "wish list" for Solaris support? I assume the current feature gap is defined as needing driver support for PCI-express add-in cards that have 4 to 8 ports inexpensive JBOD, not expensive HW RAID, and can handle hot-swap while running OS. Would this be correct? Neal Double the price of the dual core Atom did not seem right. The SATA card was a close fit to the jumper were the power-switch cable attaches, as you can see in one of the photos. This is because the MV8 card is quite long, and has the big plastic SATA sockets. It does fit, but it was the tightest spot. I also picked the 5-in-3 drive cage that had the "shortest" depth listed, 190mm. For example the Supermicro M35T is 245mm, another 5cm. Not sure that would fit. Lund Nathan Fiedler wrote: Yes, please write more about this. The photos are terrific and I appreciate the many useful observations you've made. For my home NAS I chose the Chenbro ES34069 and the biggest problem was finding a SATA/PCI card that would work with OpenSolaris and fit in the case (technically impossible without a ribbon cable PCI adapter). After seeing this, I may reconsider my choice. For the SATA card, you mentioned that it was a close fit with the case power switch. Would removing the backplane on the card have helped? Thanks n On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 5:22 AM, Jorgen Lundman wrote: I have assembled my home RAID finally, and I think it looks rather good. http://www.lundman.net/gallery/v/lraid5/p1150547.jpg.html Feedback is welcome. I have yet to do proper speed tests, I will do so in the coming week should people be interested. Even though I have tried to use only existing, and cheap, parts the end sum became higher than I expected. Final price is somewhere in the 47,000 yen range. (Without hard disks) If I were to make and sell these, they would be 57,000 or so, so I do not really know if anyone would be interested. Especially since SOHO NAS devices seem to start around 80,000. Anyway, sure has been fun. Lund ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
