ooh. they support it? cool. i'll have to explore that option now.
however i still really want eSATA.
On 1/23/07, Samuel Hexter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
We've got two Areca ARC-1261ML cards (PCI-E x8, up to 16 SATA disks each)
running a 12TB zpool on snv54 and Areca's arcmsr driver. They're a
> Areca makes excellent PCI express cards - but probably have zero
> support in Solaris/OpenSolaris. I use them in both Windows and Linux.
> Works natively in FreeBSD too. They're the fastest cards on the market
> I believe still.
>
> However probably not very appropriate for this since it's a Sol
Hi David,
Glad to help! I don't want to bad-mouth the X2100 M2s that much,
because they have been solid. I believe the M2s are made/designed just
for Sun by Quanta Computer (http://www.quanta.com.tw/e_default.htm)
whereas the mobos in the original X2100 was Tyan Tiger with some
slight modificatio
> Hi David,
>
> Depending on the I/O you're doing the X4100/X4200 are
> much better
> suited because of the dual HyperTransport buses. As a
> storage box with
> GigE outputs you've got a lot more I/O capacity with
> two HT buses than
> one. That plus the X4100 is just a more solid box.
That much
