On 8/21/08, Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Regarding the AOC-USAS-L8i card, I read that somebody on here was using one, > but had run into a problem regarding drive naming. It sounds like SAS > doesn't use fixed port numbers for labelling the drives like SATA controllers > do, and instead disks get labelled in the order they're detected. > > While that might be fine to begin with, the problem is that if you have to > replace any disks, your drive names are going to have no obvious relation to > the slot they are in, and short of keeping a manual list of which drives are > where, finding the drive you need to replace could be a nightmare.
Hrm - this might be my only option if I want to use the same motherboard again. Trying to find a dual PCI-X motherboard might get to be annoying without breaking some price barrier. Everything has PCI-e on it now... _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
