On Mar 6, 2014, at 12:33 PM, a b <[email protected]> wrote: > > What have people’s experience been with Adaptec RAID controllers in > > SmartOS? The dedicated server provider that we’re using offers the Adaptec > > RAID 72405 controller as the only option for the server we’re looking at > > obtaining. I believe this an AAC-RAID card, which is listed at > > http://illumos.org/hcl/, but I haven’t verified compatibility with SmartOS > > nor do I know how reliable it is or how well it performs. > > If your intent is to use the hardware RAID capabilites of that HBA, and if > the server is capable of using disks as JBOD, you should use JBOD and let ZFS > provide the RAID capability. Avoid hardware RAID if at all possible, as > hardware RAID cannot be trusted.
Indeed, I plan on using it as JBOD if possible and avoiding hardware RAID. Alex ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
