Re: [zfs-discuss] [OpenIndiana-discuss] Good SLOG devices?

2011-03-01 Thread Patrick O'Sullivan
Next gen spec sheets suggest the X25-E will get a "Power Safe Write Cache," something it does not have today. See: http://www.anandtech.com/Show/Index/3965?cPage=5&all=False&sort=0&page=1&slug=intels-3rd-generation-x25m-ssd-specs-revealed (Article is about X25-M, scroll down for X25-E info.) On

Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS - how to determine which physical drive to replace

2009-12-12 Thread Patrick O'Sullivan
I've found that when I build a system, it's worth the initial effort to install drives one by one to see how they get mapped to names. Then I put labels on the drives and SATA cables. If there were room to label the actual SATA ports on the motherboard and cards, I would. While this isn't foolproo

Re: [zfs-discuss] Best controller card for 2 to 4 SATA drives ?

2009-06-29 Thread Patrick O'Sullivan
I've had success with the SIIG SC-SAE012-S2. PCIe and no problems booting off of it in 2008.11. On Jun 27, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Simon Breden wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of a reliable 2 or 4 port SATA card with a solid driver, that plugs into a PCIe slot, so that I can benefit from the h

Re: [zfs-discuss] Does ZFS handle a SATA II " port multiplier " ?

2008-01-17 Thread Patrick O'Sullivan
Thanks. I'll give that a shot. I neglected to notice what forum it was in since the question morphed into "when will Solaris support port multipliers?" Thanks again. This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@o

Re: [zfs-discuss] Does ZFS handle a SATA II " port multiplier " ?

2008-01-17 Thread Patrick O'Sullivan
At the risk of groveling, I'd like to add one more to the set of people wishing for this to be completed. Any hint on a timeframe? I see reference to this bug back in 2006 (http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6409327), so I was wondering if there was any progress. Thanks