From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 31 13:16:21 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD074106566B for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 13:16:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matt.thyer@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76C068FC0A for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 13:16:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf23 with SMTP id 23so4460514wyf.13 for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 06:16:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=eDJeDjR6xWdE0v7pcp2ubHz/J4SeYxMob/VqUHAPwJ4=; b=hTXgDLTuhvZ90+ilBdxT7UFC65PBepyKyvk2LpPW1CS3PlGX07dO7zaEruAeEZdB7w yvV9eUV0pnaBPgxO5ObGs9RSP2TpomGy59weWrX8GB3a+VIvLyZ9fNnRMZ9ZWkv89QFv 8QQd8CnpnEf3IGiK4DMqCp93ky1M/leldr71c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=ImRhfJyHMG37JJf+GqSjgfauosLFOgDS9/+E8WSQ7Y6xWdx+1yqLIRkt8gFe3qxXTS DVRh/1TLHYkEwaFvJxjTusw/9TyYm2jjCqcyp4ojtOEcGPfAwgqrpn8U5ybmKUSA5MEP kF0O4cZO6pMEI4dh9+fT9qE5c4GoPg7MsYOYk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.220.150 with SMTP id o22mr5986626wep.59.1306846131450; Tue, 31 May 2011 05:48:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.54.67 with HTTP; Tue, 31 May 2011 05:48:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 22:18:51 +0930 Message-ID: From: Matt Thyer To: stable@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: PCIe SATA HBA for ZFS on -STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 13:16:21 -0000 I'm not on the -STABLE list so please reply to me. I'm using an Intel Core i3-530 on a Gigabyte H55M-D2H motherboard with 8 x 2TB drives & 2 x 1TB drives. The plan is to have the 1 TB drives in a zmirror and the 8 in a raidz2. Now the Intel chipset has only 6 on board SATA II ports so ideally I'm looking for a non RAID SATA II HBA to give me 6 extra ports (4 min). Why 6 extra ? Well the case I'm using has 2 x eSATA ports so 6 would be ideal, 5 OK, and 4 the minimum I need to do the job. So... What do people recommend for 8-STABLE as a PCIe SATA II HBA for someone using ZFS ? Not wanting to break the bank. Not interested in SATA III 6GB at this time... though it could be useful if I add an SSD for... (is it ZIL ?). Can this be added at any time ? The main issue is I need at least 10 ports total for all existing drives... ZIL would require 11 so ideally we are talking a 6 port HBA.