X4500 problems seconded. Still having issues with port resets due to the Marvell driver. Though they seem considerably more transient and less likely to lock up the entire systems in the most recent ( >b72) OpenSolaris builds.
-J On Feb 12, 2008 9:35 AM, Carson Gaspar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tim wrote: > > > > > A much cheaper (and probably the BEST supported card), is the supermicro > > based on the marvell chipset. This is the same chipset that is used in > > the thumper x4500 so you know that the folks at sun are doing their due > > diligence to make sure the drivers are solid. > > Except the drivers _aren't_ solid, at least in Solaris(tm). The > OpenSolaris drivers may have been fixed (I know a lot of work is going > into them, but I haven't tested them), but those fixes have not made it > back into the supported realm. > > So if you need to run a supported OS, I'd skip the Marvell chips if > possible, at least for now. > > -- > Carson > > _______________________________________________ > 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
