I've asked before, but I don't think anyone answered.
Do you know of any eSATA based methods of using ZFS right now? My hope was to pick up some one or two 4-port eSATA cards that have port multiplier support, (enabling 5 drives per port, or 20 drives per card) - but it does not look like Solaris has much support for that. Possibly an Addonics adapter but the details look sketchy as to any of the specifics. It is either that or possibly some iSCSI or AoE setup; I am trying to allow for the storage pool to grow without modifying the host/controller machine if you will. I suppose USB could be an option as well, but it seems to be flaky and can use a lot of CPU from what I've seen. But USB would allow for near-infinite expansion. I suppose something like this, but in USB flavor: http://fwdepot.com/thestore/default.php/cPath/1_88 (I can't seem to find the USB ones real quick but I am sure I have seen them) - or could Firewire be well supported and "mature" enough in OpenSolaris for ZFS? Anyway - do you have any thoughts on any of this? My plans would be to export it using Samba for the Windows machines on the network. Maybe NFS if I have additional *nix based machines. Thanks in advance! When I saw ZFS and the upcoming crypto support planned, it truly would meet all my needs. I have been telling all my friends about ZFS, we're all excited but none of us have had a use or equipment that we could use for it yet. - mike On 2/5/07, Richard Elling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
