[OpenIndiana-discuss] SYBA SY-PEX40008

2013-02-12 Thread Bentley, Dain
Hello all, Has anyone had luck with the SYBA SY-PEX40008? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124027 I read a blog post on backblaze on their storage pods and this was the sata card they used. I've read the reviews on newegg and it seems to work well with ZFS/FreeBSD and

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] SYBA SY-PEX40008

2013-02-12 Thread Michael Stapleton
Found this in the review section: Cons: New cards seems to have a Winbond W39F010 BIOS chipset which is not supported by Silicon Image or Syba -- which means you can *NOT* upgrade this card. The card will more than likely come with a BIOS from 2006, the latest is from 2010 and even then if you