>-----Original Message----- >From: Terry Hull [mailto:t...@nrg-inc.com] >Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 1:12 PM > >> From: Geoff Nordli <geo...@gnaa.net> >> Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 08:39:46 -0700 >> >>> From: Brian Hechinger [mailto:wo...@4amlunch.net] >>> Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 8:10 AM >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 08:00:11AM -0700, Geoff Nordli wrote: >>>> Anyone have any experience with a R510 with the PERC H200/H700 >>>> controller with ZFS? >>> >>> Not that particular setup, but I do run Solaris on a Precision 690 >>> with >> PERC 6i >>> controllers. >>> >>>> My perception is that Dell doesn't play well with OpenSolaris. >>> >>> What makes you say that? I've run Solaris on quite a few Dell boxes >>> and >> have >>> never had any issues. >>> >>> -brian >> >> Hi Brian. >> >> I am glad to hear that, because I would prefer to use a dell box. >> >> Is there a JBOD mode with the PERC 6i? >> >> It is funny how sometimes one forms these views as you gather information. >> >> Geoff > >It is just that lots of the PERC controllers do not do JBOD very well. I've done it >several times making a RAID 0 for each drive. Unfortunately, that means the >server has lots of RAID hardware that is not utilized very well. >Also, ZFS loves to see lots of spindles, and Dell boxes tend not to have lots of >drive bays in comparison to what you can build at a given price >point. Of course then you have warranty / service issues to consider. > >-- >Terry Hull
Terry, you are right, the part that was really missing with the Dell was the lack of spindles. It seems the R510 can have up to 12 spindles. The online configurator only allows you to select SLC SSDs, which are a lot more expensive than the MLC versions. It would be nice to do MLC since that works fine for L2ARC. I believe they have an onboard SD flash connector too. It would be great to be able to install the base OS onto a flash card and not waste two drives. Are you using the Broadcom or Intel NICs? For sure the benefit of buying name brand is the warranty/service side of things, which is important to me. I don't want to spend any time worrying/fixing boxes. Thanks, Geoff _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
