On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 12:33:50PM -0500, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss- > > boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Garrett D'Amore > > > > When you purchase NexentaStor from a top-tier Nexenta Hardware Partner, > > you get a product that has been through a rigorous qualification process > > How do I do this, exactly? I am serious. Before too long, I'm going to > need another server, and I would very seriously consider reprovisioning my > unstable Dell Solaris server to become a linux or some other stable machine. > The role it's currently fulfilling is the "backup" server, which basically > does nothing except "zfs receive" from the primary Sun solaris 10u9 file > server. Since the role is just for backups, it's a perfect opportunity for > experimentation, hence the Dell hardware with solaris. I'd be happy to put > some other configuration in there experimentally instead ... say ... > nexenta. Assuming it will be just as good at "zfs receive" from the primary > server. > > Is there some specific hardware configuration you guys sell? Or recommend? > How about a Dell R510/R610/R710? Buy the hardware separately and buy > NexentaStor as just a software product? Or buy a somehow more certified > hardware & software bundle together? > > If I do encounter a bug, where the only known fact is that the system keeps > crashing intermittently on an approximately weekly basis, and there is > absolutely no clue what's wrong in hardware or software... How do you guys > handle it? > > If you'd like to follow up offlist, that's fine. Then just email me at the > email address: nexenta at nedharvey.com > (I use disposable email addresses on mailing lists like this, so at any > random unknown time, I'll destroy my present alias and start using a new > one.) >
Hey, Other OS's have had problems with the Broadcom NICs aswell.. See for example this RHEL5 bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=520888 Host crashing probably due to MSI-X IRQs with bnx2 NIC.. And VMware vSphere ESX/ESXi 4.1 crashing with bnx2x: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1029368 So I guess there are firmware/driver problems affecting not just Solaris but also other operating systems.. -- Pasi _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
