From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 25 21:08:54 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB4CC106564A for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:08:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE1CF8FC0C for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:08:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywf7 with SMTP id 7so3042828ywf.13 for ; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:08:54 -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; bh=Cw0Darb8r75NaXK2xOKp0xrARK9xuKhoGGFSEcWVE/A=; b=i/GzjTacNxUW9TW/y3BkA6OXrEJVAG4YovTTxlGEQpL9+b6KqUVaW3Bmdn5SqBeZBn yOO4kTop1Bj1933d8yUpdCG9jVPZf4XlyXK8gDF+Y8+NOgRBmsamWlhU5rGTNZU8q8Lk IsBF1jIxXiTCoqjm+SjexnrVtEqdeHEb0ewJc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.91.111.15 with SMTP id o15mr4926200agm.148.1311626527917; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:42:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.90.209.12 with HTTP; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:42:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110725093432.GI1202@home.opsec.eu> References: <20110725093432.GI1202@home.opsec.eu> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:42:07 -0700 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: Kurt Jaeger Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:08:55 -0000 On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:34 AM, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > What kind of SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller is currently suggested > for use in 8/9 setups with large RAM (64G) setups with ZFS ? > SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8i PCIe controller with 2 multi-lane connectors (SFF-1087) supporting 8 SAS/SATA ports. Supports two firmwares: IR mode enables RAID0, RAID1, RAID10 and a couple of other modes (no RAID5+) IT mode enables straight HBA mode Supported by the mps(4) driver in FreeBSD 9-CURRENT, and I believe has been MFC'd into 8.2-STABLE. Sure, it's 8-ports, but for under $300 CDN, you really can't do much better. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com