Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:27:30 -0400 From: Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com> To: Joseph Lenox <lenox.joseph@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pci express ZFS card? Message-ID: <CAKYr3zwmMsDn9AHBH2aC-Dt%2BF0KenmYKtiBx6Ak3yCs%2BAQzAXw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E7CCB91.4050206@gmail.com> References: <4e79f205.0c74970a.09a6.ffffadbaSMTPIN_ADDED@mx.google.com> <4E7CCB91.4050206@gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Joseph Lenox <lenox.joseph@gmail.com> wrote: > 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). > This is definatley a backplane SBC designed system, and will not work in a standard motherboard, seems to me what he really wants is like an OCZ revo drive, or Fusion IO card > --Joseph Lenox > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?CAKYr3zwmMsDn9AHBH2aC-Dt%2BF0KenmYKtiBx6Ak3yCs%2BAQzAXw>