> 3) Forget PCI-Express -- if you have a free PCI-X (or > PCI)-slot. Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 (PCI-X cards are > (usually) plain-PCI-compatible; and this one is). It > has 8 ports, is natively plug-and-play-suported and > does not cost more than twice a si3132, and costs > only a fraction of other >2-port-cards where you > pay for raid-chip-sets you don't need or even can't > use.. > si3132 may be an option but I can't recommend it. > SAS-controllers are in another league I think; 3-5 > times the price of AOC-SAT2-MV8.
That is a really neat suggestion, I had no idea that card was compatible with regular old pci slots. You can get generic 4-port silicon image 3114 PCI cards for like $30, but that Supermicro for $100 is also a great idea. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
