Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:05:47 -0700 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] ZFS on Dell with FreeBSD Message-ID: <E6034591-E275-4A6C-B6A2-3BD641C0C95E@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <4EA05363.5010808@my.gd> References: <20111019141443.GQ4592@pcjas.obspm.fr> <CAH7rjyHQEcmiTd6K7VSSFePPa171VrUKGX2nR0D34sOVNzALDg@mail.gmail.com> <20111020094913.GC83424@pcjas.obspm.fr> <4E9FF072.6030104@my.gd> <9B27B4D4-69C8-482A-A918-F77FD03614E3@mac.com> <4EA05363.5010808@my.gd>
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On Oct 20, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: >> SAS is "serial attached SCSI"; it permits multipath connections to devices and thus is more similar to fibre channel HBAs than SATA, although some SAS controllers will also work with normal SATA drives. > > I know what SAS stands for. OK. > My question was, what do they mean by *external* controller ? It means the connections to the devices are external, rather than being intended for internal devices: http://www.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/global/products/pvaul/topics/en/us/raid_controller?c=us&l=en&cs=555 > Do you get to provide your own ? Devices? Yes. Regards, -- -Chuck
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