Alexander Lesle writes:
> Hello Harry,
>
> when you want to connect SATA drives it is recommend to use only
> 4 drives per SFF8087-SAS-connector and not more. When you use SAS
> drives you can use up to 256 HDDs but you need the corresponding
> hardware like backplane or/and expander.
[...]
Tim
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Alexander Lesle <
gro...@tierarzt-mueller.de> wrote:
> Hello Harry,
>
> when you want to connect SATA drives it is recommend to use only
> 4 drives per SFF8087-SAS-connector and not more. When you use SAS
> drives you can use up to 256 HDDs but you need the corres
Hello Harry,
when you want to connect SATA drives it is recommend to use only
4 drives per SFF8087-SAS-connector and not more. When you use SAS
drives you can use up to 256 HDDs but you need the corresponding
hardware like backplane or/and expander.
I prefer this card and you have the possibility
On Mon, 11 Aug 2014, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote:
It'll provide an SFF8087 connector, which you can get a breakout cable
which can branch out to attach to individual disks, or you can get a
backplane of some kind which might have an SFF8087 connection as well. In
that case, a straight cable would s
It'll provide an SFF8087 connector, which you can get a breakout cable
which can branch out to attach to individual disks, or you can get a
backplane of some kind which might have an SFF8087 connection as well. In
that case, a straight cable would suffice. Most HBAs of this type will have
a multila
Bryan N Iotti writes:
> Hi,
>
> It's a must (that I know of) only on LSI controllers because
> otherwise performance on ZFS suffers quite a lot.
>
> Other controllers have different quirks, like some adaptecs needing
> a debug flag passed to enable HBA mode.
>
> The IR to IT flash is easy. You ne
On Sun, 10 Aug 2014, Harry Putnam wrote:
I also would suggest an add-on controller, with the caveat that you
should remember to flash in IT mode and not RAID/IR.
Would that flash step be necessary with most any add on Controler?
No. It depends on the model number that you order. Models ca
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Bryan N Iotti writes:
> I had an XW8200 for a long while but didn't chime in much because mine was
> still SCSI+sata.
Bryan N Iotti writes:
> I had an XW8200 for a long while but didn't chime in much because mine was
> still SCSI+sata.
>
> I added an LSI SAS 4-port controller on PCIe 4x and haven't looked back until
> the motherboard died six months ago.
Thank you much for the experienced info.
> I also wou
remember to flash in IT mode and not RAID/IR.
Bryan
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On Fri, 8 Aug 2014, Harry Putnam wrote:
Timothy Coalson writes:
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
I hope there are folks here who are using HP xw8600 servers. Or are
knowledgable about them. (Timothy C? perhaps)
I haven't used the model, nor much HP stuff at all...I
Timothy Coalson writes:
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
>> I hope there are folks here who are using HP xw8600 servers. Or are
>> knowledgable about them. (Timothy C? perhaps)
>>
>
> I haven't used the model, nor much HP stuff at all...I thought there was a
> reply from
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> I hope there are folks here who are using HP xw8600 servers. Or are
> knowledgable about them. (Timothy C? perhaps)
>
I haven't used the model, nor much HP stuff at all...I thought there was a
reply from someone who had used one earlier...
I hope there are folks here who are using HP xw8600 servers. Or are
knowledgable about them. (Timothy C? perhaps)
I'm having plenty of problems understanding how the various bios
settings, raid settings, LSI settings interplay to make disks be
recognized when plugged into various Sata and SAS por
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