On 1/26/2010 9:39 PM, Daniel Carosone wrote:
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 07:32:05PM -0800, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
Okay, so this SuperMicro AOC-USAS-L8i is an "SAS" card? I've never
done SAS; is it essentially a controller as flexible as SCSI that
then talks to SATA disks out the back?
Yes, or SAS disks.
Ah, so there's another level of complexity there. Okay, interesting.
Well, I'm definitely not interested in spending more than SATA prices on
disks, so I'll be going that mode.
Amazon seems to be the only obvious place to buy it (Newegg and Tiger Direct
have nothing).
And do I understand that it doesn't come with the cables it needs?
Because the cables you need depend on what you have at the other end.
Right, since there are multiple possibilities I wasn't sure about.
Makes reasonable sense, though I cringe at the cable prices (and I've
spent 40 years in this industry; you'd think I'd be somewhat
desensitized by now).
And that what I need are SAS-to-4-SATA breakout cables?
Likely, yes - and yes, measurinng would be a good idea.
Glad I thought of it in time.
I'm up over $450 for a "simple" upgrade
well, no. The "simple" upgrade would be a 2-port sata card to enable
your extra two hotswap bays, like i suggested, plus the extra disks
you already have. By all means go for extra and better, at
corresponding cost, if you want.
Certainly there is a simpler option; although I don't think anybody
actually suggested a "good" 2-port SATA card for Solaris. Do you have
one in mind? Pci-e, I've even got an x16 slot free (and slower ones).
(I haven't pulled the trigger on the order yet.)
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