On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Erik Trimble <erik.trim...@sun.com> wrote:
> Erik Trimble wrote: > >> I've a couple of older systems that are front-ending a large backup array. >> >> I'd like to put in a large L2ARC cache device for them to use with dedup. >> Right now, they only have Ultra320 SCA 3.5" hot-swap drive bays, and >> PCI-X slots. >> >> I haven't found any SSDs (or adapters) which might work with the Ultra320 >> bays, so I'm hunting for something to stick in the PCI-X (NOT PCI-Express) >> slot. >> >> Ideally, I'd love to find something that lets me hook a standard 2.5" SSD >> to, but I have space limitations. About the best I've found right now is a >> 32-bit PCI card which has Compact Flash slots on it. /Really/ not what I >> want. >> >> So, I've seen a bunch of PCI-E cards which have flash on them and act as a >> SSD, but is there any hope for a old PCI-X slot? Anyone seen such a beast? >> >> To reply to myself, the best I can do is this: > > http://www.apricorn.com/product_detail.php?type=family&id=59 > > (it uses a sil3124 controller, so it /might/ work with OpenSolaris ) > > > and an award for the That-is-ALMOST-What-I-Want goes to: > > http://www.sonnettech.com/PRODUCT/tempohd.html > > > > The first one is really cool. I was wondering this as well btw.
_______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
