Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 12:54:42 -0700 From: mike <mike503@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: eSATA, port multipliers and 4/5 disk external enclosures Message-ID: <bd9320b30709031254y663bc9d7uee36a69c9546351@mail.gmail.com>
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I'm trying to determine if FreeBSD supports these (and of course which chipsets, specifically, any caveats, etc...) because I would like to use ZFS, and Solaris still has weak/non-existent support for them. It seems to me that FreeBSD probably would have a lot more support (and have it longer) for this stuff. Example equipment would be enclosures like this: - http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fusiond500p.html - http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fusiond500p-eseries.html - http://www.sonnettech.com/product/fusiond800raid.html Controller cards like this (or related, basically any eSATA card with at least 4 ports that supports port multipliers) - http://www.sonnettech.com/product/tempo_sata_x4p.html - http://www.sonnettech.com/product/tempo_sata_e4p.html I wouldn't plan on using the onboard RAID functions if I was using ZFS. I would export all the drives as JBOD to the OS. There are a lot of enclosures and a handful of controllers out there. It would be nice to know if FreeBSD has any possible options or not. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.home | help
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