On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Miles Nordin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>>>> "t" == Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > t> > http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-USASLP-L8i.cfm > > I'm not sure. A different thing is wrong with it depending on what > driver attaches to it. I can't tell for sure because this page: > > http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sas.html > > says the LSI SAS 3800 series uses a 1068E chip, and James says (1) > 1068E is supported by mpt, (2) LSI SAS 3800 uses mega_sas. so, I > don't know which for that card, which means I don't know which for > this card. > > If it's mpt: > > * does not come with source according to: > > http://www.openbsd.org/papers/opencon06-drivers/mgp00024.html > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/no_source/ > > If it's mega_sas: > > * does not come with source > > * driver is new and unproven. We believed the Marvell driver was > good for the first few months too, the same amount of experience we > have with mega_sas. > > * not sure if it's available in stable solaris. > Someone's already gotten it working, if they're watching I'm sure they'll pipe up on what driver it uses. > > > In either case: > > * may require expensive cables > Nope, cables are standardized. I'm not sure what your definition of "expensive" is but I believe they were roughly 15$ for a SAS>>4sata ports. > > Uncertain problems: > > * might not support hotplug > > * might not support NCQ > > * probably doesn't support port multipliers > > * probably doesn't support smartctl > > * none of these features can be fixed by the community without > source. all are available with cheaper cards on Linux, and on > Linux both mptsas and megaraid_sas come with source as far as I can > tell maintained by dell and lsi, though might not support the above > features. > > > HTH, HAND. > I know it supports hotplug and NCQ. Can't say smartctl was ever on my list of important features so I haven't bothered to research if it does. I'm also not sure what good port multipliers are going to do you in this instance... the cables it uses already support 4 SATA drives per physical card port.
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