On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Rich Teer <rich.t...@rite-group.com> wrote: > So the question is, what eSATA non-RAID HBA do people recommend? Bear > in mind that I'm looking for something with driver support "out of the > box" with either the latest Solaris 10, or Solaris 11 Express.
The SiI3124 (PCI / PCI-X) and SiI3132 (PCIe) based cards can be picked up for about $20-$30. They're supported, and support PMPs in Solaris. I don't know about support on Sparc though. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132021 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132027 > Assuming the use of eSATA enclosures do do people recommend? I don't > need huge amounts of space; two drives should be enough and four will > be plenty and allow for expansion. Again, I'm looking for a JBOD coz > I want ZFS do all the work. Something similar to the Sans Digital enclosures would probably work. They use a PMP to make all the drives available via one eSATA, which may or may not work. It's supposed to, but there are hardware blacklists in the drivers that may cause you trouble. Another thought is to ditch the Sun boxes and use a HP ProLiant Microserver. It's about $320 and holds 4 drives, with an expansion slot for an additional controller. I think some people have reported success with these on the list. -B -- Brandon High : bh...@freaks.com _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
