From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 31 01:55:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0EB4106564A for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:55:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwilde1@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.239]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43B8F8FC19 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:55:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwilde1@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i29so1413411wxd.7 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:55:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=y/63sqPKkuiVXWqzVF2+t5kvlaV41roGk/T7Loe3Tms=; b=ucJu4I4pVV/qXfVCFo8QTOgSOm7kFo77JJGrjWgrsHyJd6/1+1xDsYmZVHN/tNASjgXNHObYPMLtXOZoSYewJLvFAQrzVgMkQOIdr7O5eqq83gv1BU9NUaUbn7mKIwW4O8+3sHNb3rRfWAwlKxJgx0OT+WkXrEaUrA2IjVwAU3o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=RgevzAWYo73yxxE2Hs+dd7WqeXNBINydiXSktP+i74MknbhTXSgLT7qmrXKvVBfXnaYq5XrYzh0yRmRRXOKmtdocGIKR+YFSvMnuLFuK1xcEO10X3IR7mhepH/7EihNTwvfYluY8gsRryGwS/m3pWStleKEsaeUg3ZVeLBfuVIw= Received: by 10.114.192.1 with SMTP id p1mr9001449waf.47.1206928544668; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:55:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.152.6 with HTTP; Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:55:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:55:44 -0500 From: "Don Wilde" To: "Pete French" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell blade Re: a fun project X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: dwilde1@gmail.com List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:55:47 -0000 On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Pete French wrote: > > The tiny cables are the issue. Even the pcb finger connector on the > drive is > > a quarter of the pitch of, say a PCI connector. Tiny! Yes, the drive > > controller does both, but it's a fabrication issue. Too much time to > make or > > chase down such a cable adapter. > > I can sympathise with you in this one! I recently started using SAS for > the first time, and need a cable to connect a controller (HP P400i) to > a drive. Would have thought that was simple, but in the end I couldn't > find *anyone* in europe who had such a thing! had to special order one > from the states in the end ?! I guess most people using SAS don't connect > drives directly to controllers, but all use some hot-plug chassis or > something. Still, it amazed me how hard it was to find (and how expensive > whe I did find one). > Exactly. Midplanes and risers. Cables are passe' these days. :D