On Behalf Of James C. McPherson >Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 5:41 PM > >On 12/05/10 10:32 AM, Michael DeMan wrote: >> I agree on the motherboard and peripheral chipset issue. >> >> This, and the last generation AMD quad/six core motherboards > > all seem to use the AMD SP56x0/SP5100 chipset, which I can't > find much >information about support on for either OpenSolaris or FreeBSD. > >If you can get the device driver detection utility to run on it, that will give you a >reasonable idea. > >> Another issue is the LSI SAS2008 chipset for SAS controller > > which is frequently offered as an onboard option for many motherboards > as >well and still seems to be somewhat of a work in progress in > regards to being >'production ready'. > >What metric are you using for "production ready" ? >Are there features missing which you expect to see in the driver, or is it just "oh >noes, I haven't seen enough big customers with it" ? > > I have been wondering what the compatibility is like on OpenSolaris. My perception is basic network driver support is decent, but storage controllers are more difficult for driver support.
My perception is if you are using external cards which you know work for networking and storage, then you should be alright. Am I out in left-field on this? Thanks, Geoff _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
