Re: [zfs-discuss] New Supermicro SAS/SATA controller: AOC-USAS2-L8e in SOHO NAS and HD HTPC

2010-08-16 Thread Erik Trimble
On 8/16/2010 3:57 PM, Russ Price wrote: On 08/16/2010 10:35 AM, Freddie Cash wrote: On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Mike DeMarco wrote: What I would really like to know is why do pci-e raid controller cards cost more than an entire motherboard with processor. Some cards can cost over $1,000

Re: [zfs-discuss] New Supermicro SAS/SATA controller: AOC-USAS2-L8e in SOHO NAS and HD HTPC

2010-08-16 Thread Erik Trimble
On 8/16/2010 7:13 AM, Mike DeMarco wrote: What I would really like to know is why do pci-e raid controller cards cost more than an entire motherboard with processor. Some cards can cost over $1,000 dollars, for what. Well... Part of it is positioning. Most RAID controllers are targeted at t

Re: [zfs-discuss] New Supermicro SAS/SATA controller: AOC-USAS2-L8e in SOHO NAS and HD HTPC

2010-08-16 Thread Russ Price
On 08/16/2010 10:35 AM, Freddie Cash wrote: On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Mike DeMarco wrote: What I would really like to know is why do pci-e raid controller cards cost more than an entire motherboard with processor. Some cards can cost over $1,000 dollars, for what. Because they includ

Re: [zfs-discuss] New Supermicro SAS/SATA controller: AOC-USAS2-L8e in SOHO NAS and HD HTPC

2010-08-16 Thread Freddie Cash
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 7:13 AM, Mike DeMarco wrote: > What I would really like to know is why do pci-e raid controller cards cost > more than an entire motherboard with processor. Some cards can cost over > $1,000 dollars, for what. Because they include a motherboard and processor. :) The hi

Re: [zfs-discuss] New Supermicro SAS/SATA controller: AOC-USAS2-L8e in SOHO NAS and HD HTPC

2010-08-16 Thread Mike DeMarco
What I would really like to know is why do pci-e raid controller cards cost more than an entire motherboard with processor. Some cards can cost over $1,000 dollars, for what. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-

Re: [zfs-discuss] New Supermicro SAS/SATA controller: AOC-USAS2-L8e in SOHO NAS and HD HTPC

2010-01-24 Thread Dusan Kysel
Thanks for the feedback and hardware recommendation gea. Thus driver support is there out-of-the-box at least in snv_124+. -dusan -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolar

Re: [zfs-discuss] New Supermicro SAS/SATA controller: AOC-USAS2-L8e in SOHO NAS and HD HTPC

2010-01-20 Thread Günther
hello i have basically tested supermicro mainboard x8dth-6f together with nexenta http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/QPI/5500/X8DTH-6F.cfm (same sas-II lsi-2008 chipset) nexenta 2: did not work nexenta 3: (snv 124+) install without problem, but no further testing see also my referen

[zfs-discuss] New Supermicro SAS/SATA controller: AOC-USAS2-L8e in SOHO NAS and HD HTPC

2010-01-19 Thread Dusan Kysel
Supermicro AOC-USASLP-L8i has been confirmed to work flawlessly on OpenSolaris by several users on these forums already and is AFAIK widely considered the best controller for building custom Opensolaris ZFS NAS servers price/performance/compatibility wise in both SOHO NAS and HD HTPC scenarios.