Re: [zfs-discuss] Norco's new storage appliance

2007-10-09 Thread Frank Leers
On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 23:36 +0100, Adam Lindsay wrote: > Gary Gendel wrote: > > Norco usually uses Silicon Image based SATA controllers. > > Ah, yes, I remember hearing SI SATA multiplexer horror stories when I > was researching storage possibilities. > > However, I just heard back from Norco:

Re: [zfs-discuss] Norco's new storage appliance

2007-10-09 Thread Adam Lindsay
Gary Gendel wrote: > Norco usually uses Silicon Image based SATA controllers. Ah, yes, I remember hearing SI SATA multiplexer horror stories when I was researching storage possibilities. However, I just heard back from Norco: > Thank you for interest in Norco products. > Most of part uses by D

Re: [zfs-discuss] Norco's new storage appliance

2007-10-09 Thread Gary Gendel
Norco usually uses Silicon Image based SATA controllers. The OpenSolaris driver for this has caused me enough headaches for me to replace it with a Marvell based board. I would also imagine that they use a 5 to 1 SATA multiplexer, which is not supported by any OpenSolaris driver that I've tested

Re: [zfs-discuss] Norco's new storage appliance

2007-10-09 Thread Casper . Dik
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> If you don't have a 64bit cpu, add more ram(tm). >> >> >> Actually, no; if you have a 32 bit CPU, you must not add too much >> RAM or the kernel will run out of space to put things. > >Hrm. Do you have a working definition of "too much"? I think it would be someth

Re: [zfs-discuss] Norco's new storage appliance

2007-10-09 Thread Adam Lindsay
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> If you don't have a 64bit cpu, add more ram(tm). > > > Actually, no; if you have a 32 bit CPU, you must not add too much > RAM or the kernel will run out of space to put things. Hrm. Do you have a working definition of "too much"? adam ___

Re: [zfs-discuss] Norco's new storage appliance

2007-10-09 Thread Casper . Dik
>If you don't have a 64bit cpu, add more ram(tm). Actually, no; if you have a 32 bit CPU, you must not add too much RAM or the kernel will run out of space to put things. Casper ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.ope

Re: [zfs-discuss] Norco's new storage appliance

2007-10-09 Thread James C. McPherson
Adam Lindsay wrote: > Hello, Robert, > > Robert Milkowski wrote: > >> Because it offers upto 1GB of memory, 32bit shouldn't be an issue. > > Sorry, could someone expand on this? > The only received opinion I've seen on 32-bit is from the ZFS best > practice wiki, which simply says "Run ZFS on a

Re: [zfs-discuss] Norco's new storage appliance

2007-10-09 Thread Adam Lindsay
Hello, Robert, Robert Milkowski wrote: > Because it offers upto 1GB of memory, 32bit shouldn't be an issue. Sorry, could someone expand on this? The only received opinion I've seen on 32-bit is from the ZFS best practice wiki, which simply says "Run ZFS on a system that runs a 64-bit kernel."

Re: [zfs-discuss] Norco's new storage appliance

2007-10-09 Thread Robert Milkowski
Hello Adam, Tuesday, October 9, 2007, 10:15:13 AM, you wrote: AL> Hey all, AL> Has anyone else noticed Norco's recently-announced DS-520 and thought AL> ZFS-ish thoughts? It's a five-SATA, Celeron-based desktop NAS that ships AL> without an OS. AL> http://www.norcotek.com/item_detail.php?ca

[zfs-discuss] Norco's new storage appliance

2007-10-09 Thread Adam Lindsay
Hey all, Has anyone else noticed Norco's recently-announced DS-520 and thought ZFS-ish thoughts? It's a five-SATA, Celeron-based desktop NAS that ships without an OS. http://www.norcotek.com/item_detail.php?categoryid=8&modelno=ds-520 What practical impact is a 32-bit processor going to hav