Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:33:07 +0300 From: Daniel Kalchev <daniel@digsys.bg> To: Jason Usher <jusher71@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: redux: 48 or 96 sata3 paths ... specific ZFS hardware proposal Message-ID: <F86987BD-2FCC-4C61-B10B-7F28B10AD959@digsys.bg> In-Reply-To: <1316713529.81545.YahooMailClassic@web121201.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1316713529.81545.YahooMailClassic@web121201.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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On Sep 22, 2011, at 20:45 , Jason Usher wrote: > But the X8DTH-6F motherboard seems too good to be true ... it has 7 8x = pcie slots, and further, has two sff8087 connectors onboard with the = EXACT SAME LSI chipset as the 9211-8i cards above - so you can get an = extra 8 drives on this motherboard using the same driver. Takes = xeon5500/5600 (6core, potentially) at 6.4 QPI ... so, very modern there. I have a system working with this motherboard and Supermicro E16 = extender. There were some strange behavior with the expander when using = the version 9 firmware, but that was just as it was published and no = Supermicro version existed --- it might be ok now: the ses device showed = 4 times and sometimes drives were replicated as well. I guess that might = be related to the mps/expander combination (at that time). It works fine = with version 7 firmware. How many LSI cards do you intend to use? You may wish to look at the = architecture (CPU/chipset/PCIe interconnects) in order to make more = informed decision.=20 Daniel=
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