Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 22:18:51 +0930 From: Matt Thyer <matt.thyer@gmail.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: PCIe SATA HBA for ZFS on -STABLE Message-ID: <BANLkTimmjrhnO9fAnFW_HmW%2BVQTrvMYYiA@mail.gmail.com>
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I'm not on the -STABLE list so please reply to me. I'm using an Intel Core i3-530 on a Gigabyte H55M-D2H motherboard with 8 x 2TB drives & 2 x 1TB drives. The plan is to have the 1 TB drives in a zmirror and the 8 in a raidz2. Now the Intel chipset has only 6 on board SATA II ports so ideally I'm looking for a non RAID SATA II HBA to give me 6 extra ports (4 min). Why 6 extra ? Well the case I'm using has 2 x eSATA ports so 6 would be ideal, 5 OK, and 4 the minimum I need to do the job. So... What do people recommend for 8-STABLE as a PCIe SATA II HBA for someone using ZFS ? Not wanting to break the bank. Not interested in SATA III 6GB at this time... though it could be useful if I add an SSD for... (is it ZIL ?). Can this be added at any time ? The main issue is I need at least 10 ports total for all existing drives... ZIL would require 11 so ideally we are talking a 6 port HBA.
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