On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 11:59:48AM -0700, Blake wrote: > I've used Silicon Mechanics for my filer. So has another sysadmin I know. > > He has had great luck with his boxes, me, not so much. I actually had > to send mine back to SiMech to get them to sort out a problem with > disk controllers. > > I'd recommend getting a very clear promise from your whitebox vendor > that they will *fully* support your OS choice. I think PogoLinux > officially supports OpenSolaris: > > http://www.pogolinux.com/solaris-servers.php >
I wasn't even aware of PogoLinux, thanks for the tip. I guess I wouldn't be surprised if the components are similar to the SM boxes (SuperMicro cases and moboards, etc). In this case, I think the controller cards are key. We're going with the LSI card on our SM server (or the PL server if we decide to go that route) which I think stands a better chance of running under Sol 10 x86 or OpenSolaris than 3Ware does. Thanks! Ray > > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Ray Van Dolson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, we're looking at building a storage box capable of running > > Solaris 10 x86 or OpenSolaris. > > > > We've used systems from Silicon Mechanics before, and they work well, > > but found that Solaris didn't support the 3Ware cards included in them > > -- at least not out of the box. > > > > Anyone have any recommendations? We're not really looking to build one > > ourselves. Silicon Mechanics does have LSI SATA RAID cards as well but > > I haven't found their exact model on the HCL list. > > > > Thanks, > > Ray _______________________________________________ storage-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/storage-discuss
