We worked around this issue in the R730xd by putting the SATA SSDs in the rear drive cage, and then the 2.5" SAS HDDs in the front 24 slots. Of course, this only works if two SATA SSDs is enough (we use them for log/cache only).
BTW, SAS SSDs are super expensive, at least for this non-profit org. Regards, Marion > To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana <openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> > From: jason matthews <ja...@broken.net> > Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:30:05 -0700 > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] dell r730xd + SATA > > Nikola, > > I should add that when I can get a couple of dozen NVMe SSDs in a single > chassis I will be more than happy to stop pushing the envelope on > SAS/SATA storage. There are so few SSD SAS drives, none of which are > available from distribution at this point in time, that creative > solutions have to be found and that some times flies in the face of > conventional wisdom. > > Thanks for trying to help. Sorry if I was short. > > j. > > > > _______________________________________________ > openindiana-discuss mailing list > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
