Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:10:25 -0500 From: Joseph Lenox <lenox.joseph@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pci express ZFS card? Message-ID: <4E7CCB91.4050206@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4e79f205.0c74970a.09a6.ffffadbaSMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com> References: <4e79f205.0c74970a.09a6.ffffadbaSMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com>
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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
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