Andrew,
First let me say, you response was both thoughtful and articulate. Thanks.
However, I am familiar with all of these legacy issues. Some seven or
eight years has passed since all this bruja-ha went down. I am
interested in examining how modern high grade equipment performs today.
This
t org.
Regards,
Marion
> To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
> From: jason matthews
> 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 sin
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 h
On 28/04/2017 22:57, Nikola M wrote:
On 04/28/17 09:09 PM, jason matthews wrote:
Is anyone using the R730XD with its 3x port expanders successfully
with SATA drives? Yes, I am aware of the conventional wisdom.
I'll pass some general knowledge, that may not be suitable for your
exact hardware,
On 4/28/17 3:25 PM, Nikola M wrote:
OMG. Again, I am aware of conventional wisdom and have provided the same
information to others.
On 04/28/17 11:57 PM, Nikola M wrote:
I have a number of R730s working with the 2x expanders and Intel DC
S37{0,1}0 SSDs. It is time to order again and the 2
On 04/28/17 11:57 PM, Nikola M wrote:
>> I have a number of R730s working with the 2x expanders and Intel DC
>> S37{0,1}0 SSDs. It is time to order again and the 24 bay 730XD is a
>> seductress in terms of storage options. I just dont know if it will
>> work well mixing expanders and SATA.
> No it
On 4/28/17 2:57 PM, Nikola M wrote:
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thanks, I am aware of the conventional wisdom. I am asking about a
specific use case.
BTW, since LSI is the only game in town, just about everything is SATA
on LSI SAS, contrary to your sata-sata ascertain.
Does anyone have any R730XD on LSI
On 04/28/17 09:09 PM, jason matthews wrote:
>
>
> Is anyone using the R730XD with its 3x port expanders successfully
> with SATA drives? Yes, I am aware of the conventional wisdom.
I'll pass some general knowledge, that may not be suitable for your
exact hardware, but could be used as the pointers
Is anyone using the R730XD with its 3x port expanders successfully with
SATA drives? Yes, I am aware of the conventional wisdom.
I have a number of R730s working with the 2x expanders and Intel DC
S37{0,1}0 SSDs. It is time to order again and the 24 bay 730XD is a
seductress in terms of sto
