I Guess the backplane makes the difference. But you don't need to search for a RAID 10 or 6 card. Just a CARD with good performance in RAID 0 would be sufficient
-----Original Message----- From: Svavar Örn Eysteinsson [mailto:sva...@fiton.is] Sent: donderdag 5 januari 2012 16:30 To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Any HP Servers recommendation for Openindiana (Capacity Server) ? If they are JBOD's does the Smart Array Controller make any diff, tho not using any RAID features ? Buy the cheapest one or ? Thanks people. > Jerome <mailto:lists-xa...@gmx.de> > 5. janúar 2012 14:32 > Hi, > > the MSA30/60/70 and D2000 series enclosures are jbods, you will see > every drive as per disk. > > if you want an HP branded HBA (not raid ctrl) try this one: > > HP SC08e part number 614988-B21 > (6GB SAS) > > > we have an DL360G5 with 8 MSA60 (two stacks of each 4 enclosures) and > an SC08e running solaris 10 with TSM on top. > > runs fine.. > > afaik, you cant use the disk led's from solaris. > > Jerome > > On 05.01.2012 15:12, Svavar Örn Eysteinsson wrote: >> So do I need a SAS HBA controller that supports IT firmware if I'm >> going to plug into HP D2600 for an example ? >> >> Or does the controller on the disk box advertise all the drives as >> per-disk ? >> >> >> Sorry about my little knowledge. >> >> Thanks ! >> >> Svavar > _______________________________________ >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > Svavar Örn Eysteinsson <mailto:sva...@fiton.is> 5. janúar 2012 14:12 > So do I need a SAS HBA controller that supports IT firmware if I'm > going to plug into HP D2600 for an example ? > > Or does the controller on the disk box advertise all the drives as > per-disk ? > > > Sorry about my little knowledge. > > Thanks ! > > Svavar > > > > > Chris Ridd <mailto:chrisr...@mac.com> > 5. janúar 2012 12:44 > On 5 Jan 2012, at 12:28, Johan Guldmyr wrote: > >> On 01/05/2012 01:34 PM, openindiana-discuss-requ...@openindiana.org wrote: >>> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Any HP Servers recommendation for >>> Openindiana (Capacity Server) ? >>> Message-ID:<4f058acf.2060...@fiton.is> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >>> >>> I find those HP D2600 enclosures quite fascinating. >>> >>> So, I would clearly need a good SAS controller for the host machine. >>> >>> Can anyone point me at some controller that would pair well. >>> Say if I would stack 2x D2600 together ? >>> >>> >>> Thanks allot guys.:) >>> >>> Best regards, >> We are probably getting the DL360G7 + P411 with 512MB BBWC + D2600. >> >> I couldn't find any details on the "LSI 9208" card. Typo? > > Yes - LSI SAS 9200-8e is probably the one. Basically you want one with a chipset supported by the mpt_sas driver. 'man mpt_sas' says these are the LSI SAS200x/2108 chips. > > <http://www.lsi.com/products/storagecomponents/Pages/LSISAS9200-8e.asp > x> > > The only thing I'd say about the DL360G7 is that IIRC there are only two PCIe slots so if you want more HBAs, or more NICs (it has 4 on the motherboard - bnx driver), you're a bit constrained. > >> Does ZFS still prefer JBOD/direct access to the disks? > > Yes. > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > Johan Guldmyr <mailto:johan.guld...@csc.fi> 5. janúar 2012 12:28 > > > We are probably getting the DL360G7 + P411 with 512MB BBWC + D2600. > > I couldn't find any details on the "LSI 9208" card. Typo? > > Does ZFS still prefer JBOD/direct access to the disks? > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
