I've used the LSI SAS3442E-R with great success in OpenSolaris 2009.06. It is a non-raid SAS HBA that costs $220 on NewEgg.
Daniel Bakken On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:21 AM, A. Krijgsman <a.krijgs...@draftsman.nl>wrote: > Hi All, > > Since I believe there are people in this list having more experience in > this matter then I do, > > To point out what it is I am doing: > I am building a (very) low cost SAN setup as proof of concept using ZFS. > The goal of this project is to provide a High-Available (or getting close > to) low power solution. > I am using the Supermicro 2.5" mobile racks. (8-in-2 5.25") which have dual > port connectors, and connect > both primary Host and Standby Host to the same JBOD using the dual port > setup. > > Now I am looking for a HBA card for in the host machine. > With preferable a lot of external SAS ports. ( But ZFS style ofcourse, so > no raid/cache HBA required. ) > Like: http://www.areca.com.tw/products/sasnoneraid.htm > Seen a lot of cards having internal ports as well, but don't know if > breaking those out is a good idea. > Anyone care to share their insights on this? > > The JBOD is self-build, so I am looking to get the SAS cables into my JBOD > mobile racks. > I found a couple of external to internal SAS adapters but they all seem > quite expensive. > Is there a simple (clean) way to connect an external chassis to my host? > > Hope anyone can give me some feedback on my questions. > Offcourse I am willing to write down my findings in a blog if people are > interested. > > Kind Regards, > Armand > > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > >
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