Kevin wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm about out of space on a Sun Netra T1 that has been happily running > OpenBSD for some time. I'd rather keep this server in action and add > space to it, but both internal drive slots are occupied, so that means > the only choice (short of reloading on bigger disks, which for a > variety of reasons I'd rather avoid) is adding external storage. > > It seems like the logical choice would be a Direct Attached Storage > box like a D1000 plugged into the external SCSI port or a PCI RAID > card. So: > > 1.) Is the D1000 supported in 4.1 when attached to a Netra T1 either > via the external SCSI or via a RAID card? > (http://www.openbsd.org/sparc64.html#hardware doesn't mention it > either way) > > 2.) Given the various supported RAID cards, is a more generic RAID > enclosure attached to a 3rd party RAID card a better way to go? > > 3.) Are there better alternatives that I'm just overlooking? > > As always, many thanks. > Kevin > > > > Kevin, I am not sure about the OpenBSD support but, you cannot use the onboard SCSI port to connect to a D1000. You need an HVD/Differential SCSI card. These are easy to find, but needed.
James
