From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 22:27:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EEFA1065671 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 22:27:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.schuller@infidyne.com) Received: from smtp.infidyne.com (ds9.infidyne.com [88.80.6.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A1538FC1D for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 22:27:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter.schuller@infidyne.com) Received: from c-a916e555.03-51-73746f3.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (c-a916e555.03-51-73746f3.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se [85.229.22.169]) by smtp.infidyne.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AB4A684785; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 00:27:11 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Schuller To: Wes Morgan Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 00:28:38 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200808061928.37001.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2116982.ssuW4itSP7"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200808090028.39729.peter.schuller@infidyne.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ZFS Advice X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:27:13 -0000 --nextPart2116982.ssuW4itSP7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline > http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-USAS-L8i.cfm > > http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/standard_product_ics/sas_ic= s/ >lsisas1068e/index.html > > Not much onboard ram, but it's PCI-E and even SAS. CDW lists it for $155. > That would be cheaper than buying a new board with a PCI-X slot or two, > and would even handle SAS drives. Claims to be based on the "LSISAS 1068E > SAS controller". Any idea if that is supported? I don't see it listed in > the mfi man page. LSI has a Linux driver for download. That card looks > like it would be just what I need. Well: =2E/dev/mpt/mpilib/mpi_cnfg.h:#define MPI_MANUFACTPAGE_DEVID_SAS1068E = =20 (0x0058) =2E/dev/mpt/mpilib/mpi_ioc.h: * 03-11-05 01.05.08 Added family code for = 1068E=20 family. =2E/dev/mpt/mpilib/mpi_ioc.h:#define MPI_FW_HEADER_PID_FAMILY_106xE_SAS = =20 (0x0004) /* 1068E, 1066E, and 1064E */ And mpt(4) has "LSI Logic AS1064, LSI Logic AS1068 (SAS/SATA)" listed as=20 supported. So as far as I can tell it should be supported, assuming it truly works in= =20 practice. Given past history in trying to find suitable controllers I have to be=20 paranoid and wonder what I am missing... surely I cannot have found the=20 perfect controller. Does anyone have hands-on experience? I especially like the SAS support; particularly since I have recently notic= ed=20 the availability of low-cost 7k2rpm SAS drives. =2D-=20 / Peter Schuller PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller ' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to getpgpkey@scode.org E-Mail: peter.schuller@infidyne.com Web: http://www.scode.org --nextPart2116982.ssuW4itSP7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkicyJcACgkQDNor2+l1i314dQCg2/QkT/TOg35FzF9MzS7+SedM k/oAn2gLVK3g28Tqyx+xLX/YN44pU+sk =T5aR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2116982.ssuW4itSP7--