I also recommend LSI 9200-8E or new 9205-8E with the IT firmware based on past experience
Also LSI Original HBA normally released FW earlier than OEM. Plus, most of users in community use LSI HBA. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Dave Pooser Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 5:56 PM To: freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org; zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD On 10/19/11 9:14 AM, "Albert Shih" <albert.s...@obspm.fr> wrote: >When we buy a MD1200 we need a RAID PERC H800 card on the server No, you need a card that includes 2 external x4 SFF8088 SAS connectors. I'd recommend an LSI SAS 9200-8e HBA flashed with the IT firmware-- then it presents the individual disks and ZFS can handle redundancy and recovery. -- Dave Pooser Manager of Information Services Alford Media http://www.alfordmedia.com _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
