Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs-discuss Digest, Vol 33, Issue 19

2008-07-09 Thread Ross
Hi Neil, No problem, thanks for the info. I knew these cards were a gamble, but if I can get them working, it will be worth it. I've today spoken to the UK office of VMetro about drivers but I'm not holding out too much hope. They were very friendly and polite, but explained that they

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs-discuss Digest, Vol 33, Issue 19

2008-07-09 Thread Miles Nordin
r == Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: np == Neil Perrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: np 2. I received the board and driver from another group within np Sun. It would be better to contact Micro Memory (or whoever np took them over) directly, as it's not my place to give out 3rd np

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs-discuss Digest, Vol 33, Issue 19

2008-07-09 Thread Ross
I think the problem Miles is that this isn't Sun hardware, and I completely understand that as a Sun employee, Neil really can't be seen to distribute something that's untested and unsupported, and quite possibly under NDA. On the other hand, if I get hold of these drivers, I'm under no such

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs-discuss Digest, Vol 33, Issue 19

2008-07-09 Thread Tim
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the problem Miles is that this isn't Sun hardware, and I completely understand that as a Sun employee, Neil really can't be seen to distribute something that's untested and unsupported, and quite possibly under NDA. On the

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs-discuss Digest, Vol 33, Issue 19

2008-07-09 Thread Miles Nordin
r == Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: r I think the problem Miles is that this isn't Sun hardware In this case it's not, but please do not muddle my point: Marvell SATA and LSI Logic mpt SATARAID and many other (most?) drivers have the same problem. Right now there are, AIUI: *

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs-discuss Digest, Vol 33, Issue 19

2008-07-08 Thread Ross
Hi Gilberto, I bought a Micro Memory card too, so I'm very likely going to end up in the same boat. I saw Neil Perrin's blog about the MM-5425 card, found that Vmetro don't seem to want to sell them, but then then last week spotted five of those cards on e-bay so snapped them up. I'm still

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs-discuss Digest, Vol 33, Issue 19

2008-07-08 Thread Neil Perrin
Ross wrote: Hi Gilberto, I bought a Micro Memory card too, so I'm very likely going to end up in the same boat. I saw Neil Perrin's blog about the MM-5425 card, found that Vmetro don't seem to want to sell them, but then then last week spotted five of those cards on e-bay so snapped

Re: [zfs-discuss] zfs-discuss Digest, Vol 33, Issue 19

2008-07-06 Thread Gilberto Mautner
Hello Ross, We're trying to accomplish the same goal over here, ie. serving multiple VMware images from a NFS server. Could you tell what kind of NVRAM device did you end up choosing? We bought a Micromemory PCI card but can't get a Solaris driver for it... Thanks Gilberto On 7/6/08 9:54 AM,