On 17 Dec 2011, at 19:35, Edmund White wrote: > On 12/17/11 8:27 PM, "Chris Ridd" <chrisr...@mac.com> wrote: > > >> >> Can you explain how you got the SSDs into the HP sleds? Did you buy blank >> sleds from somewhere, or cannibalise some "cheap" HP drives? >> >> I assumed some part of the HP hardware would freak out if it ever saw a >> drive with non-HP firmware - is that a problem? >> >> We've got an HP D2700 JBOD attached to an LSI SAS 9208 controller in a >> DL360G7, and I'm keen on getting a ZIL into the mix somewhere - either >> into the JBOD or the spare bays in the DL360. >> >> Chris > > Chris, > > It's possible to obtain the HP drive carriers in bulk on eBay. I haven't
So they are - googling thinks they are "hp 378343-002" and seems to find a good number for sale. Good tip, thanks! > had many issues with HP backplanes or RAID controllers complaining about > non-HP disks. There was one instance of a particular Intel SSD that didn't > provide proper temperature data to the HP drive backplane, but that's the > worst issue I've ever encountered. Later revisions of the same SSD worked. > > I also have DL380 G7 with D2700 JBOD setups running. In one, I'm using a > Pliant/Sandisk SSD for ZIL. The other has a DDRdrive installed in the > storage head. A DDRdrive is beyond our budget :-( My plan B was to put an OCZ revodrive in the spare PCIe slot. But an HP drive carrier + cheap small SSD would be perfect. Chris _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
