Kyle McDonald wrote: > Vincent Fox wrote: > >> So the point is, a JBOD with a flash drive in one (or two to mirror the >> ZIL) of the slots would be a lot SIMPLER. >> >> We've all spent the last decade or two offloading functions into specialized >> hardware, that has turned into these massive unneccessarily complex things. >> >> I don't want to go to a new training class everytime we buy a new model of >> storage unit. I don't want to have to setup a new server on my private >> network to run the Java GUI management software for that array and all the >> other BS that array vendors put us through. >> >> I just want storage. >> >> >> > Good Point.
You still need interfaces, of some kind, to manage the device. Temp sensors? Drive fru information? All that information has to go out, and some in, over an interface of some sort. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
