Hi! What kind of SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller is currently suggested for use in 8/9 setups with large RAM (64G) setups with ZFS ? Thanks! -- pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 9 years to go !
On 25.07.2011 12:34, Kurt Jaeger wrote:> What kind of SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller is currently suggested > for use in 8/9 setups with large RAM (64G) setups with ZFS ?If you need exactly SATA, not SAS 6g controller, then choice is not so big: either something integrated into latest Intel (only two ports) or AMD (6 ports) chipset, or something based on Marvell 88SE91xx chips. Last case also has only 2 ports, but you may install two cards, or use Highpoint RocketRAID 640, which is just two above chips connected with PCIe bridge. -- Alexander Motin
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:34 AM, Kurt Jaeger <lists@c0mplx.org> wrote:> What kind of SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller is currently suggested > for use in 8/9 setups with large RAM (64G) setups with ZFS ? >SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8i PCIe controller with 2 multi-lane connectors (SFF-1087) supporting 8 SAS/SATA ports. Supports two firmwares: IR mode enables RAID0, RAID1, RAID10 and a couple of other modes (no RAID5+) IT mode enables straight HBA mode Supported by the mps(4) driver in FreeBSD 9-CURRENT, and I believe has been MFC'd into 8.2-STABLE. Sure, it's 8-ports, but for under $300 CDN, you really can't do much better. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com