Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Mark
On 28/05/2011 3:25 a.m., Pete Ashdown wrote: On 05/27/2011 02:10 AM, Mark wrote: On 26/05/2011 9:13 a.m., Pete Ashdown wrote: I'm having trouble figuring out how to hotswap dead drives on a potential fileserver I am building. I'm using an LSI Internal SATA/SAS 9211-8i& 9211-4i to connect 12 SA

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D.
for 9240-8i http://www.lsi.com/DistributionSystem/User/AssetMgr.aspx?asset=55129 On 5/27/2011 2:33 PM, Pete Ashdown wrote: On 05/27/2011 11:02 AM, LaoTsao wrote: Are the 9240-8i/4i appropriate? I can't find any specs that specifically mention ses2. The link tell you to get megaraid controlle

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D.
of course for ZFS you donot really use any HW-RAID function of the megaraid controller you will use HDD as individual devices beside SES-2 you will also take advantage any NVRAM in the controller(if any) On 5/27/2011 3:03 PM, "Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D." wrote: check this link http

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D.
another reference point if you check out these docs for ZFS appliance http://wikis.sun.com/display/FishWorks/Documentation customer service manual, will giv you detail HW break down of ZFS appliance On 5/27/2011 3:03 PM, "Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D." wrote: check this link http://www.ls

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Hung-Sheng Tsao (Lao Tsao 老曹) Ph.D.
check this link http://www.lsi.com/DistributionSystem/User/AssetMgr.aspx?asset=55129 On 5/27/2011 2:33 PM, Pete Ashdown wrote: On 05/27/2011 11:02 AM, LaoTsao wrote: Are the 9240-8i/4i appropriate? I can't find any specs that specifically mention ses2. The link tell you to get megaraid cont

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Pete Ashdown
On 05/27/2011 11:02 AM, LaoTsao wrote: Are the 9240-8i/4i appropriate? I can't find any specs that specifically mention ses2. > The link tell you to get megaraid controller > >>> The LSI SAS2 hba controllers don't seem to have ses2 support at present. >>> As far as I could tell, the ses function

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread LaoTsao
The link tell you to get megaraid controller Sent from my iPad Hung-Sheng Tsao ( LaoTsao) Ph.D On May 27, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Pete Ashdown wrote: > On 05/27/2011 02:10 AM, Mark wrote: >> On 26/05/2011 9:13 a.m., Pete Ashdown wrote: >>> I'm having trouble figuring out how to hotswap dead drives

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Pete Ashdown
On 05/27/2011 02:10 AM, Mark wrote: > On 26/05/2011 9:13 a.m., Pete Ashdown wrote: >> I'm having trouble figuring out how to hotswap dead drives on a potential >> fileserver I am building. I'm using an LSI Internal SATA/SAS 9211-8i& >> 9211-4i to connect 12 SATA drives on a Supermicro backplane th

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-27 Thread Mark
On 26/05/2011 9:13 a.m., Pete Ashdown wrote: I'm having trouble figuring out how to hotswap dead drives on a potential fileserver I am building. I'm using an LSI Internal SATA/SAS 9211-8i& 9211-4i to connect 12 SATA drives on a Supermicro backplane that supports SES-2. I am finding conflicting

[OpenIndiana-discuss] hotswap strategy

2011-05-25 Thread Pete Ashdown
I'm having trouble figuring out how to hotswap dead drives on a potential fileserver I am building. I'm using an LSI Internal SATA/SAS 9211-8i & 9211-4i to connect 12 SATA drives on a Supermicro backplane that supports SES-2. I am finding conflicting information as to whether OpenIndiana can ligh