On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 11:51:02PM -0800, matthew patton wrote: > > I have this with 36 2TB drives (and 2 separate boot drives). > > > > http://www.colfax-intl.com/jlrid/SpotLight_more_Acc.asp?L=134&S=58&B=2267 > > That's just a Supermicro SC847. > > http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/?chs=847 > > Stay away from the 24 port expander backplanes. I've gone thru > several and they still don't work right - timeout and dropped drives > under load. The 12-port works just fine connected to a variety of > controllers. If you insist on the 24-port expander backplane, use a > non-expander equipped LSI controller to drive it.
What do you mean by non-expander equipped LSI controller? > > I got fed up with the 24-port expander board and went with -A1 (all > independent) and that's worked much more reliably. Ray _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
