I've used the LSI SAS3442E-R with great success in OpenSolaris 2009.06. It
is a non-raid SAS HBA that costs $220 on NewEgg.
Daniel Bakken
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:21 AM, A. Krijgsman a.krijgs...@draftsman.nlwrote:
Hi All,
Since I believe there are people in this list having more experience in
this matter then I do,
To point out what it is I am doing:
I am building a (very) low cost SAN setup as proof of concept using ZFS.
The goal of this project is to provide a High-Available (or getting close
to) low power solution.
I am using the Supermicro 2.5 mobile racks. (8-in-2 5.25) which have dual
port connectors, and connect
both primary Host and Standby Host to the same JBOD using the dual port
setup.
Now I am looking for a HBA card for in the host machine.
With preferable a lot of external SAS ports. ( But ZFS style ofcourse, so
no raid/cache HBA required. )
Like: http://www.areca.com.tw/products/sasnoneraid.htm
Seen a lot of cards having internal ports as well, but don't know if
breaking those out is a good idea.
Anyone care to share their insights on this?
The JBOD is self-build, so I am looking to get the SAS cables into my JBOD
mobile racks.
I found a couple of external to internal SAS adapters but they all seem
quite expensive.
Is there a simple (clean) way to connect an external chassis to my host?
Hope anyone can give me some feedback on my questions.
Offcourse I am willing to write down my findings in a blog if people are
interested.
Kind Regards,
Armand
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