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Subject: Re: ZFS obn FreeBSD hardware model for 48 or 96 sata3 paths...
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On 2011-Sep-19 19:40:13 +1000, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> wrote:
>>Next, I see a lot of implementations done with LSI adaptors - is this
>>as simple as choosing (3) LSI SAS 9201-16i for the 48 internal drives
>>and (3) LSI SAS 9201-16e for the external drives ?
>
>I can't comment on driver support but I'd start by checking for
>motherboards that have 6 PCIe x16 slots with all lanes available.

Someone has pointed out that these are x8, not x16 cards - which
should make finding a motherboard slightly easier.

--=20
Peter Jeremy

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