Yes, I have it on a PCI-X slot, and I thought Areca made RAID cards? There's
not much need for a raid card when you have ZFS unless you need the cache for
write performance.
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:16:30 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL
> PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [storage-discuss] Quietest 6+ drive box for
> ZFS/rsync> CC: [email protected]> > On 7/21/08, Ross Smith
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > > The supermicro card is the AOC-SAT2-MV8,
> but I believe there's a PCI-E> > SAS> > > > card just been released by them
> that uses the same chipset as the new> > Sun> > > > x4540 server which is
> probably a better buy now.> > > Also, whatever motherboard you pick, make
> sure you've checked the chipset is> > compatible. If at all possible, buy one
> that's on the Solaris HCL:> > http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/search.jsp> >
> So do you have your card plugged into a normal PCI slot, or a mobo> with a
> PCI-X slot?> > I suppose I'd want to get a mobo with a PCI-X slot to maximize
> my> available performance, if I go with that Supermicro card.> > Also, it
> appears Areca cards (well, at least 2) are listed on the HCL.> I've had very
> good experiences and at the time I purchased my last one> it was the fastest
> on the market. Anyone have any pros/cons to Areca> vs. Supermicro/etc?> > I'm
> wondering if 6 drives is enough too; I could add in a 4-in-3> adapter or
> something in that Antec but that would probably bump the> noise factor up...
> but would allow for a total of 10 drives to be> available.
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