Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:59:15 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD Message-ID: <4EA05363.5010808@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <9B27B4D4-69C8-482A-A918-F77FD03614E3@mac.com> References: <20111019141443.GQ4592@pcjas.obspm.fr> <CAH7rjyHQEcmiTd6K7VSSFePPa171VrUKGX2nR0D34sOVNzALDg@mail.gmail.com> <20111020094913.GC83424@pcjas.obspm.fr> <4E9FF072.6030104@my.gd> <9B27B4D4-69C8-482A-A918-F77FD03614E3@mac.com>
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On 10/20/11 6:52 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Hi-- > > On Oct 20, 2011, at 2:57 AM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >> Also, what do they mean by "SAS 6Gbps External Controller" ? > > SAS is "serial attached SCSI"; it permits multipath connections to devices and thus is more similar to fibre channel HBAs than SATA, although some SAS controllers will also work with normal SATA drives. > > Regards, I know what SAS stands for. My question was, what do they mean by *external* controller ? Do you get to provide your own ?
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