I'll have to get back to you tomorrow on that, haven't done any kind of
performance testing yet, and I'm going to have to read up on what commands to
use in Solaris.
> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:12:04 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL
> PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [storage-discuss] Quietest 6+ drive box for
> ZFS/rsync> CC: [email protected]> > What kind of rates do you
> see on your current Supermicro card? in> terms of MB/sec perhaps?> > On
> 7/23/08, Ross Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > I'm not 100% sure, I
> suspect it can since most SAS controllers can handle> > SATA, and in the list
> of formats for the card they have SATA listed. I'd> > probably download the
> manual or drop Supermicro a quick e-mail to be sure.> >> > If it does support
> SATA, it's then a question of which you go for. I'd be> > tempted to go for
> the newer card myself, but then I'm not running any> > critical data, and I'm
> in no rush for things to be fixed.> >> >> > > Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:00:51
> -0700> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject:
> Re: [storage-discuss] Quietest 6+ drive box for ZFS/rsync> > > CC:
> [email protected]> > >> > > On 7/23/08, Ross Smith <[EMAIL
> PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > > 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.> > >> > > oh
> this is true. all their cards are RAID. duh. i was just thinking> > >
> performance. but i suppose if the supermicro one is in a pci-x slot> > > and
> all that it should be good enough.> > >> > > would that supermicro SAS
> controller be faster in general? i'm> > > wondering about that. can it
> transparently use SATA drives or do i> > > need connectors, or something
> weird? i have not yet dealt with SAS.> >> >> >
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