Geoff wrote:
Thanks for your review! My SiI3114 isn't recognizing drives in Opensolaris so
I've been looking for a replacement. This card seems perfect so I ordered one
last night. Can anyone recommend a cheap 3 x 5.25 ---> 5 3.5 enclosure I could
use with this card? The extra ports necessitate more drives, obviously :)
You may need to replace the "RAID" bios with the "IDE" bios, for the
Sil3114.
http://www.siliconimage.com/support/searchresults.aspx?pid=28&cat=15
Get the flash tool, plus the "IDE BIOS" download, and flash that to your
card. It should then work well, and provide OpenSolaris with what it
really wants - a JBOD controller, rather than a sort-kinda-fake-Raid
controller.
That said, the LSI-based HBA really is the thing you want. It's nice. :-)
I've moved to 7200RPM 2.5" laptop drives over 3.5" drives, for a
combination of reasons: lower-power, better performance than a
comparable sized 3.5" drives, and generally lower-capacities meaning
resilver times are smaller. They're a bit more $/GB, but not a lot.
If you can stomach the extra cost (they run $220), I'd actually
recommend getting a 8x2.5" in 2x5.25" enclosure from Supermicro. It
works nicely, plus it gives you a nice little place to put your SSD. :-)
http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/mobilerack/CSE-M28E1.cfm
Other than that, I've had good luck with the Venus series for 3.5"
Hotswap drives:
http://www.centralcomputers.com/commerce/catalog/product.jsp?product_id=59195
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817332011
--
Erik Trimble
Java System Support
Mailstop: usca22-123
Phone: x17195
Santa Clara, CA
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