From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 22 21:13:45 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB58C106566C for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:13:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jusher71@yahoo.com) Received: from nm22.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm22.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.90.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 68A3F8FC0A for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:13:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.138.90.56] by nm22.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 22 Sep 2011 21:13:44 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.240] by tm9.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 22 Sep 2011 21:13:44 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1013.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 22 Sep 2011 21:13:44 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 910626.88174.bm@omp1013.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 5596 invoked by uid 60001); 22 Sep 2011 21:13:44 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1316726024; bh=oSoxDnxwfRd4ScqK2+2Vx3IqgtKJF5qE7E5I365ZEqA=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=zPi97DjKqGQXBcZuOkutu2HNZ/W8Vcnu9HPi0qjrz+22+sKE1WtcE3ilckQ161oKefTQ4dfLf6dSKYbM8eeeiUroD4jZckAlj/3PYP2ctTc98OgAEpQhSbflMvVnmT6UURCEnZGHbbBNPVg2Ahi5eNVZF7Ky61+fH+w/HKrE9Bo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=N3OhrP3rugYAz/v8yHl2wF9akRQuF/ZQctUK5UXKUGxwEJH0XEmGjCITa7KMef3MfqHUk5UXGtR+gz/xJaftcjCvk6roi4iuLCn7gHAvXq5PFwJ4tkFPlmIZN0FbSH+8dWjte1EOiaxINM4LzIY5UKgrJ9XIkUbJSfXR5DRzE/E=; X-YMail-OSG: tY5tCt8VM1mWHMnp6ZGRahE8WFj2.P41GWmfzjpQHZokS4N .RdL0lKiggeL2icdqt.A0e.5fh9Aka8_n4KiDZsfb2xsTsQNeM2j3l.WdzGy FJ0q8nINdqob0kjHQoqs4f_fEtmYE._kRhTn0EnioymVHWmjGXzPrrA4W_D8 SKN7.f5RfwVD2wVnSf2Vw7tlnE3TRs.Xi_IlSV3NgmvIVjTiz_SYplrDUlrQ Nc8mxOGBFK9qgKVbR0.qTJcCASMpzEgK4MyQOE.hm0Vu.sEh8QqMw3Toqx8x E.ZznUY0hmrjxWYaL4v3WAZvu2TbLirxfPgyvoBwnG.SBc2ndYXRGj6wyNkW NnazTf68chXFmhYmLOZANeODNUSjX0sfWjK8Jl9rTSc5jbTC.MguirAO3bzD 0WQ6h Received: from [173.254.192.38] by web121210.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:13:44 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/14.0.5 YahooMailWebService/0.8.114.317681 Message-ID: <1316726024.96139.YahooMailClassic@web121210.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:13:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Usher To: Daniel Kalchev In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: redux: 48 or 96 sata3 paths ... specific ZFS hardware proposal X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 21:13:45 -0000 =0ADaniel,=0A=0A--- On Thu, 9/22/11, Daniel Kalchev wrot= e:=0A=0A> > But the X8DTH-6F motherboard seems too good to be true=0A> ... = it has 7 8x pcie slots, and further, has two sff8087=0A> connectors onboard= with the EXACT SAME LSI chipset as the=0A> 9211-8i cards above - so you ca= n get an extra 8 drives on=0A> this motherboard using the same driver.=A0 T= akes=0A> xeon5500/5600 (6core, potentially) at 6.4 QPI ... so, very=0A> mod= ern there.=0A=0A=0A(snip)=0A=0A=0A> How many LSI cards do you intend to use= ? You may wish to=0A> look at the architecture (CPU/chipset/PCIe interconne= cts) in=0A> order to make more informed decision. =0A=0A=0AI was thinking o= f using 4 of the cards - that gets me 40 total SATA3 ports (32 on the 4 car= ds, plus 8 more on the board).=0A=0A(I am assuming that any 6Gb SAS port is= also a perfectly functioning SATA3 port, also at 6Gb)=0A=0AThe chipset is = "LSI 2008" and is identical on the cards and on this motherboard, which app= eals to me greatly. PCIe interconnect is "X8 lane, PCI Express 2.0 complia= nt" and "X8 PCIe 4000 MB/s". I see no mention of its cpu.=0A=0AWhat are yo= u suggesting here with that information ? What am I looking for, or trying= to avoid ?