On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Peter Schuller wrote:
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> Does anyone have suggestions on what to choose, that will actually work the
> way you want it for JBOD use with ZFS? Or avenus of investigation? Is there
> any chance of a lowly consumer getting any information out of LSI? Is there
^^^^^^^^^^
Your best bet is to call Tech Support and not Sales. I've found LSI
tech support to be very responsive to individual customers.
> some other manufacturer that provide low-budget stuff that you can get some
> technical information about? Does anyone have some specific knowledge of a
> suitable product?
I recommend the SuperMicro card - but that is PCI-X and I think you're
looking for PCI-Express? I've used the older LSI 4-port (internal)
PCI Express SAS3041E card which is still available for around $165 and
works well with ZFS (SATA or SAS drives). The newer cards are less
expensive - but its not clear from the LSI website if they support
JBOD operation or if you can form a "mirror" or "stripe" using only
one drive and present it to ZFS as a single drive.
Please let us know what you find out...
Regards,
Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT
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