Re: [osol-discuss] practical zfs implementation problem

2009-10-14 Thread Chris Du
1. Get LSI SAS hba, such as 3042(8 port) or 3041(4port), these are cheap and work better than marvel based. You may want to get hotswapable SAS mobile rack that can host 5 SAS/SATA disks so with LSI 3042, you can connect 10 disks from it, plus 4 onboard SATA, that gives you 14 disks. I suggest

Re: [osol-discuss] practical zfs implementation problem

2009-10-14 Thread Travis Tabbal
> This card is great if you have PCI-X. I could not get > it to work using standard PCI slot. > > Wonder why MoBo manufacturers do not put PCI-X on > most motherboards? PCI-X cards will work in PCI motherboards. Just slower. There are also PCIe options if you have slots available. I have 2 Super

Re: [osol-discuss] practical zfs implementation problem

2009-10-13 Thread Mike DeMarco
> You could add one of these > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16 > 815121009 This card is great if you have PCI-X. I could not get it to work using standard PCI slot. Wonder why MoBo manufacturers do not put PCI-X on most motherboards? -- This message posted from openso

Re: [osol-discuss] practical zfs implementation problem

2009-10-10 Thread Andre Lue
You could add one of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815121009 -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] practical zfs implementation problem

2009-10-10 Thread Arun Tomar
Dear all, I really love zfs. What i want to do is to create a zfs based storage solution say 15 TB from commodity hardware. What I have: software: opensolaris 0906, belenix and solaris 10. hardware: 2 normal machines == core2duo and amd dual core, 2 gig's of RAM each, motherboard has the ca