so you're saying that if i do something like fail a drive, then remove it, with my controller i'll have a crash more than likely?
I can understand why sas might be better for some stuff but i thought sata was supposed to support hot swap as well.....especially with the controller i chose... Don't people use opensolaris on the x4500 as well? bah...i guess i'll have to wait and see....the stuff has already been paid for and will be here soon. On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:37 AM, Mark Bennett <mark.benn...@public.co.nz>wrote: > The earlier (2008) Opensolaris drivers tended to crash the server if you > pulled out an active drive. It may have improved in later releases. > In the case of the Sun Storage Appliances, the sata (and sas) drivers used > are different from those in Opensolaris and are considerably better > featured. > > My understanding is the chipset on the sata cards can't handle drive events > as well as sas controllers do. > > After testing of both options, I concluded that sas was the better choice > because of this, cabling complexity (24 bay chassis isn't fun), and > expandability. > The controller and backplane price difference diminishes when you get to 24 > bays. > > Mark. > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >
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