Hello Richard, Thursday, April 19, 2007, 10:41:58 PM, you wrote:
RE> Marion Hakanson wrote: >> In looking for inexpensive JBOD and/or RAID solutions to use with ZFS, I've >> run across the recent "VTrak" SAS/SATA systems from Promise Technologies, >> specifically their E-class and J-class series: >> >> E310f FC-connected RAID: >> http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?product_id=175 >> >> E310s SAS-connected RAID: >> http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?product_id=176 >> >> J300s SAS-connected JBOD: >> http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?product_id=163 >> >> >> The prices seem very reasonable as compared to Sun, HP, EMC, etc. You can >> buy bare drives (SAS or SATA) and plug them into the chassis. If you're >> using dual RAID controllers with SATA drives, they sell a dual-port adapter >> that goes in the canister with each disk drive. >> >> Has anyone tried these with Solaris yet? The docs claim Solaris-ready, >> but I'm particularly curious to know if the E310f supports Sun's MPXIO >> (multipathing) drivers in the dual-controller configuration. RE> This looks similar to the recently announced Sun StorageTek 2500 Low Cost RE> Array product line. RE> http://www.sun.com/storagetek/disk_systems/workgroup/2500/ RE> multi-path support is coming later (sorry, I don't know the details) MPxIO for SAS went into b63 - see http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/on/flag-days/pages/2007041203/ Now the question is if it will make s10u4? -- Best regards, Robert mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://milek.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
