From owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 22 22:03:34 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 4B05E106564A for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:03:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rincebrain@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f182.google.com (mail-qy0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08FD48FC14 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:03:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk4 with SMTP id 4so3470276qyk.13 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:03:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=P/QmEwVgQb2VFBNeI0p+wqMxVPGfJ4ItyjGNK62ygGg=; b=V0NVqbqtIbSaZ5XAHWfrEy/8FEkMI/tPKKvibz7uLZy8w/F20rb0pzhoOCIIWEx0eJ Ftl0fOtxkKUbgzHZ0dQqtC5MqPmquLSON6BPbKsUOMencUf7rtVtmPTJV4F40VI9bGS3 lHaVzCKn37xCpUcCl+RQZ7d6zUgj0/R1xZ+3Q= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.223.130 with SMTP id ik2mr1712144qcb.5.1316729013363; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:03:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.168.132 with HTTP; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:03:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1316726024.96139.YahooMailClassic@web121210.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1316726024.96139.YahooMailClassic@web121210.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:03:33 -0400 Message-ID: From: Rich To: Jason Usher 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 22:03:34 -0000 A couple of notes. - The 9211-8i has IR and IT firmware revisions; you probably want the latter. Flashing from one to the other, last I saw, requires booting a DOS environment and destructively reflashing. - I am reasonably certain, but cannot swear to it (I don't have the rev of the X8DTH motherboard with the LSI SAS2008 chip onboard) that the motherboard has the IR firmware out of the box. - If memory serves, the way the PCIe bandwidth works on that board is that slots 1-3 go to CPU1's interface and slots 4-7 go to CPU2. - Rich On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 5:13 PM, Jason Usher wrote: > > Daniel, > > --- On Thu, 9/22/11, Daniel Kalchev 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.=A0 Takes >> xeon5500/5600 (6core, potentially) at 6.4 QPI ... so, very >> modern there. > > > (snip) > > >> 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. > > > I was thinking of using 4 of the cards - that gets me 40 total SATA3 port= s (32 on the 4 cards, plus 8 more on the board). > > (I am assuming that any 6Gb SAS port is also a perfectly functioning SATA= 3 port, also at 6Gb) > > The chipset is "LSI 2008" and is identical on the cards and on this mothe= rboard, which appeals to me greatly. =A0PCIe interconnect is "X8 lane, PCI = Express 2.0 compliant" and "X8 PCIe 4000 MB/s". =A0I see no mention of its = cpu. > > What are you suggesting here with that information ? =A0What am I looking= for, or trying to avoid ? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-fs@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-fs > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-fs-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >