On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 6:09 PM, Aaron Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For the drives I am looking at using a LSI SAS3081E-R
The only snag that you might run into is the cable that comes with the card. The cables included with the 3081 go from mini-SAS (sff-8087) to SAS with power. If you're using a hot swap back plane, they may not work. You can get the right cables for about $50, but that adds to the cost. Adaptec's part # is "ACK-I-mSASx4-4SATAx1-SB-0.5m R" for the 0.5m cable. We're in the middle of moving, so no big purchases for a bit but Here's the system that I'm planning on building once I get a chance: http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=7739092 I'd appreciate any constructive comments. The hot swap bays are all for a zfs storage pool, and the CF -> IDE adapter will hold mirrored CF cards for the boot volume. Yes, I'm planning to build a 10TB raidz2 server for home. > I've been reading around and it sounds like LSI solutions work well in terms > of compatability with solaris. Could someone help me verify this? I asked the same question last week, James McPherson replied: > That card is very similar to ones sold by Sun. It should > work fine out of the box with the mpt(7D) driver. > Or are there any alternate cards I should be looking at? The 3041E-R which is a little cheaper but only 4 ports. It won't give you the density you want on but it uses standard SAS/SATA ports on the card which is kinda nice. Areca cards are also supported under Solaris, but cost a bit more. Something like the ARC-1220 or ARC-1222 would work, both are ~ $450. The ARC-1230 is a 12 port card, but weighs in around $700. > I'm looking at having a max of 12 HDs so I'd use this card in conjunction > with another 2 or 4 port card. Get a motherboard with AHCI support and 6 SATA ports combined with an 8 port card. Boom, done. > My other option is to get 3 PCI or PCIE based 4 port cards which I am open > to. I'm just trying to keep the cost low. I don't know of an inexpensive 4 port PCIe card, and PCI will easily be saturated by one drive, let alone 4. If you don't care, then the Supermicro 8-port card is a steal. -B -- Brandon High [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The good is the enemy of the best." - Nietzsche _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
