Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-11-20 Thread Peter Tripp
Hi Jerry, Couple of things that might help you troubleshoot your Intel SASUC8I HBA: 1. Are you seeing all the 8 devices in the BIOS for the card? 2. If yes, do other operating systems (say a Linux LiveCD) see all the disks too? 3. Is there any difference between the disks (e.g. four 2TB Seagate

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-11-20 Thread Gregg Wonderly
I have seen some drives not be recognized on a hot plug, but cfgadm seemed to always fix that. I don't recall a cold boot not recognizing the drives. Does the bios boot of the card show all of the drives connected? I did not update the firmware in the cards that I bought. Gregg On Nov 19, 20

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-11-19 Thread Jerry Kemp
Hello Gregg, I acquired one of these Intel RAID Controller Card SATA/SAS PCI-E x8 8internal ports (SASUC8I) from your newegg link below, and then acquired the necessary cables to get everything hooked up. After multiple executions of devfsadm and reconfigure boots, the OS see's one of my 4 driv

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-11-01 Thread Jerry Kemp
Thanks for everyone's comments. I went ahead and have placed an order for one of these, based on the comments provided. I did order it through Amazon instead of newegg.com. I will do a summary once the part arrives, and I have it installed in my system. Jerry On 10/26/12 10:02 AM, Gregg Won

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-10-26 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Fri, 26 Oct 2012, Jerry Kemp wrote: Thanks for the SIIG pointer, most of the stuff I had archived from this list pointed to LSI products. I poked around on the site and reviewed SIIG's SATA and SAS HBA. I also hit up their search engine. I'm not implying I did an all inclusive search, but

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-10-26 Thread Gregg Wonderly
I've been using this card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816117157 for my Solaris/Open Indiana installations because it has 8 ports. One of the issues that this card seems to have, is that certain failures can cause other secondary problems in other drives on the same SA

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-10-25 Thread Jerry Kemp
Hello Bob, Thanks for the SIIG pointer, most of the stuff I had archived from this list pointed to LSI products. I poked around on the site and reviewed SIIG's SATA and SAS HBA. I also hit up their search engine. I'm not implying I did an all inclusive search, but nothing I came across on their

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-10-25 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
On 10/25/2012 11:44 AM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: It may be that you'll get reduced cabling range (only up to SATA lengths, obviously), but it works. The voltage differences are very small and should only come into play when you're pushing the envelope of the cable length. I have a two-drive esat

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-10-25 Thread Sašo Kiselkov
On 10/25/2012 05:40 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: > >> On 10/25/2012 04:09 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: >>> On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: Look for Dell's "6Gbps SAS HBA" cards. They can be had new for <$100 and are essentially

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-10-25 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: On 10/25/2012 04:09 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: Look for Dell's "6Gbps SAS HBA" cards. They can be had new for <$100 and are essentially rebranded LSI 9200-8e cards. Always try to look for OEM cards with LSI, b

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-10-25 Thread Sašo Kiselkov
On 10/25/2012 04:28 PM, Patrick Hahn wrote: > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: > >> On 10/25/2012 04:11 PM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: >>> On 10/25/2012 04:09 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: > > Look for Dell's "6Gbps SAS HBA" cards

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-10-25 Thread Patrick Hahn
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: > On 10/25/2012 04:11 PM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: > > On 10/25/2012 04:09 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > >> On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: > >>> > >>> Look for Dell's "6Gbps SAS HBA" cards. They can be had new for <$100 > and > >>> are e

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-10-25 Thread Sašo Kiselkov
On 10/25/2012 04:11 PM, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: > On 10/25/2012 04:09 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: >> On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: >>> >>> Look for Dell's "6Gbps SAS HBA" cards. They can be had new for <$100 and >>> are essentially rebranded LSI 9200-8e cards. Always try to look for OEM >>>

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-10-25 Thread Sašo Kiselkov
On 10/25/2012 04:09 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: >> >> Look for Dell's "6Gbps SAS HBA" cards. They can be had new for <$100 and >> are essentially rebranded LSI 9200-8e cards. Always try to look for OEM >> cards with LSI, because buying directly from them i

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-10-25 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Thu, 25 Oct 2012, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: Look for Dell's "6Gbps SAS HBA" cards. They can be had new for <$100 and are essentially rebranded LSI 9200-8e cards. Always try to look for OEM cards with LSI, because buying directly from them is incredibly expensive. Do these support eSATA? It seem

Re: [zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-10-25 Thread Sašo Kiselkov
On 10/25/2012 05:59 AM, Jerry Kemp wrote: > I have just acquired a new JBOD box that will be used as a media > center/storage for home use only on my x86/x64 box running OpenIndiana > b151a7 currently. > > Its strictly a JBOD, no hw raid options, with an eSATA port to each drive. > > I am looking

[zfs-discuss] suggestions for e-SATA HBA card on x86/x64

2012-10-24 Thread Jerry Kemp
I have just acquired a new JBOD box that will be used as a media center/storage for home use only on my x86/x64 box running OpenIndiana b151a7 currently. Its strictly a JBOD, no hw raid options, with an eSATA port to each drive. I am looking for suggestions for an HBA card with at least (2), but