Re: [zfs-discuss] Recommended many-port SATA controllers for budget ZFS

2007-11-20 Thread Jaz
>>> the 3124 looks perfect. The only problem is the only thing I found on >>> ebay >>> was for the 3132, which is PCIe, which doesn't help me. :) I'm not >>> finding >>> anything for 3124 other than the data on silicon image's site. Do you >>> know >>> of any cards I should be looking for that

Re: [zfs-discuss] Recommended many-port SATA controllers for budget ZFS

2007-11-20 Thread Al Hopper
On Tue, 20 Nov 2007, Jason P. Warr wrote: > > >> the 3124 looks perfect. The only problem is the only thing I found on ebay >> was for the 3132, which is PCIe, which doesn't help me. :) I'm not finding >> anything for 3124 other than the data on silicon image's site. Do you know >> of any cards I

Re: [zfs-discuss] Recommended many-port SATA controllers for budget ZFS

2007-11-20 Thread Jason P. Warr
>the 3124 looks perfect. The only problem is the only thing I found on ebay >was for the 3132, which is PCIe, which doesn't help me. :) I'm not finding >anything for 3124 other than the data on silicon image's site. Do you know >of any cards I should be looking for that uses this chip? http://w

Re: [zfs-discuss] Recommended many-port SATA controllers for budget ZFS

2007-11-20 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 02:01:34PM -0600, Al Hopper wrote: > > a) the SuperMicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 is an 8-port SATA card available for > around $110 IIRC. Yeah, I'd like to spend a lot less than that, especially as I only need 2 ports. :) > b) There is also a PCI-X version of the older LSI 4-port (

Re: [zfs-discuss] Recommended many-port SATA controllers for budget ZFS

2007-11-20 Thread Al Hopper
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007, Brian Hechinger wrote: > On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 02:18:21PM +0100, Peter Schuller wrote: >>> Right now I have noticed that LSI has recently began offering some >>> lower-budget stuff; specifically I am looking at the MegaRAID SAS >>> 8208ELP/XLP, which are very reasonably pric

Re: [zfs-discuss] Recommended many-port SATA controllers for budget ZFS

2007-11-19 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 02:18:21PM +0100, Peter Schuller wrote: > > Right now I have noticed that LSI has recently began offering some > > lower-budget stuff; specifically I am looking at the MegaRAID SAS > > 8208ELP/XLP, which are very reasonably priced. I looked up the 8204XLP, which is really q

Re: [zfs-discuss] Recommended many-port SATA controllers for budget ZFS

2007-11-18 Thread Peter Schuller
> Right now I have noticed that LSI has recently began offering some > lower-budget stuff; specifically I am looking at the MegaRAID SAS > 8208ELP/XLP, which are very reasonably priced. I was pleasantly surprised to find that their tech support was very willing to look into queries by end-users w

Re: [zfs-discuss] Recommended many-port SATA controllers for budget ZFS

2007-11-04 Thread Peter Schuller
> Your best bet is to call Tech Support and not Sales. I've found LSI > tech support to be very responsive to individual customers. Thanks. I'll try them. I eventually noticed you could actually get the number to them under the "LSI offices" category of their find-your-contact web form system w

Re: [zfs-discuss] Recommended many-port SATA controllers for budget ZFS

2007-11-04 Thread Peter Schuller
> Marvell controllers work great with solaris. > > Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 is what I currently use. I bought it on > recommendation from this list actually. I think I paid 110$ for mine. Yeah I have one of these; and they're nice. Problem is (1) they are PCI-X (thus not compatible with all PCI s

Re: [zfs-discuss] Recommended many-port SATA controllers for budget ZFS

2007-11-02 Thread Al Hopper
On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Peter Schuller wrote: snip > Does anyone have suggestions on what to choose, that will actually work the > way you want it for JBOD use with ZFS? Or avenus of investigation? Is there > any chance of a lowly consumer getting any information out of LSI? Is there

Re: [zfs-discuss] Recommended many-port SATA controllers for budget ZFS

2007-11-02 Thread Andy Lubel
Marvell controllers work great with solaris. Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 is what I currently use. I bought it on recommendation from this list actually. I think I paid 110$ for mine. -Andy On 11/2/07 4:10 PM, "Peter Schuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Short version: Can anyone reco

[zfs-discuss] Recommended many-port SATA controllers for budget ZFS

2007-11-02 Thread Peter Schuller
Hello, Short version: Can anyone recommend a *many port* (8 or more) SATA/SAS controller (RAID or otherwise) that will allow *SAFE* use of ZFS, including honoring cache flush commands in the sense of submitting them to the underlying device, that is also *low budget* (suitable for personal use;