From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 23 18:42:02 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5ECD106566C for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:42:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lenox.joseph@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84CC38FC12 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:42:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywp17 with SMTP id 17so3690954ywp.13 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:42:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KFcTcCXCUb3ZsuioifxmZs08PcavU9vmanxVLALiJyQ=; b=EC0QpE/UriNRDOIwFH4kuKvP+fSunDCil2H7XEhc4ttC4gQO8mzJ30ujHpmM+La0UX nzTrO4eB0z2V5n+KqKboQ6cKTeEATPS3/3G1NiilHxfiUqba6n2hhUZRz/RqN2Gea9Us H7dH3I5i3/SgVzPMcwYWAqfBYJPS2wKaZowvo= Received: by 10.236.78.200 with SMTP id g48mr24419597yhe.12.1316801451650; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:10:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [131.230.191.154] (lenneth.engr.siu.edu. [131.230.191.154]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c62sm17357683yhj.25.2011.09.23.11.10.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:10:50 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Lord Of Hyphens Message-ID: <4E7CCB91.4050206@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:10:25 -0500 From: Joseph Lenox User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0) Gecko/20110916 Thunderbird/7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4e79f205.0c74970a.09a6.ffffadbaSMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com> In-Reply-To: <4e79f205.0c74970a.09a6.ffffadbaSMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Pci express ZFS card? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:42:02 -0000 On 09/21/2011 09:16 AM, Eduardo Morras wrote: > > Hi, i have this used pci express industrial card (PCIe 2.0 x4) with 1GB: > > http://www.ieiworld.com/product_groups/industrial/content.aspx?gid=00001000010000000001&cid=08141333914287007902&id=0A263601401161285688 > > > I want to install a NanoBSD with ZFS and 3 Sata disks. Unfortunately i > know nothing about this topic. Does anynone know if this type of cards > can be connected to a server? Can i access the zfs raidz on it > througth the pci express interface? > > The card documentation says nothing about its use on normal pc as > expansion card, only on pci express backplanes. > > TIA I would posit that it is only for use as on a PCI Express backplane; I don't even see how it would fit in a standard PCI Express slot (seeing as the backplane connector is physically longer than the PCI Express connector). Moreover, the card itself looks like a system-on-a-board (a complete computer system on a single mainboard). --Joseph Lenox