Hi Cedric,
Sorry for the delayed reply, SATA vs SAS is a subject many ZFS sysadmins
(including myself until recently) are completely ignorant about. I'm still not
super knowledgable about STP, but here goes. Normal SAS devices communicate
with your controller via Serial SCSI Protocol (SSP), wh
On Nov 13, 2012, at 12:08 PM, Peter Tripp wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm in the market for a couple of JBODs. Up until now I've been relatively
> lucky with finding hardware that plays very nicely with ZFS. All my gear
> currently in production uses LSI SAS controllers (3801e, 9200-16e, 9211-8i)
Also consider looking at the HP MDS600 enclosure.
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/12169-304616-3930445-3930445-
3930445-3936271.html
They're available for <$1000US on eBay, fully ZFS-friendly and hold 70 x
3.5" disks. The only downside is that they were introduced as 3G SAS
units. I
I'm quite happy with my HP D2700 and D2600 enclosures. I'm using them with
LSI 9205-8e controllers and NexentaStor, but MPxIO definitely works. You
will need to find HP drive traysŠ They're available on eBay.
--
Edmund White
On 11/13/12 2:08 PM, "Peter Tripp" wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>I'm in the
Peter,
Could you please give info or links to clarify "Sata tunneling protocol
nonsense" issues?
Also have you considered Supermicro's 45 drive in 4U enclosure - The
SC847E26-RJBOD1 ? It's cheap too at around 2000$ and based on LSI backplanes
anyway.
SGI has a nice and crazy 81(!) 3.5" disks
Hi folks,
I'm in the market for a couple of JBODs. Up until now I've been relatively
lucky with finding hardware that plays very nicely with ZFS. All my gear
currently in production uses LSI SAS controllers (3801e, 9200-16e, 9211-8i)
with backplanes powered by LSI SAS expanders (Sun x4250, Su
