Be sure to read the 3Ware info on their controllers under OpenSolaris:
http://www.3ware.com/kb/article.aspx?id=15643
That said, 3ware controllers are hardly the best option for a
OpenSolaris server. You DON'T want to make use of any of the hardware
raid features of them, and you may not even make good use of the
on-board cache. Frankly, if it's still an option, I'd return the 3Ware
controllers and go out and get either a PCI-E LSI HBA (not a RAID
controller), or the old trusty PCI-X Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8. You'll
save some cash, and get a better-supported HBA in both cases.
Also, if you can, use 2 drives for a mirrored boot/root setup. They
don't have to be big; I use mirrored 100GB laptop drives, and that works
quite well.
Be aware that you /will not/ get support for low-power modes in anything
except the later-generation Opterons - essentially, only quad- or
six-core versions have their power-saving features supported. And, as
the Best Practices doc points out, there is Never Too Much RAM.
-Erik
Slack-Moehrle wrote:
Hello All,
I build a new Storage Server to backup my data, keep archives of client files,
etc I recently had a near loss of important items.
So I built a 16 SATA bay enclosure (16 hot swappable + 3 internal) enclosure, 2
x 3Ware 8 port RAID cards, 8gb RAM, dual AMD Opertron.
I have a 1tb boot drive and I put in 8 x 1.5tb Seagate 7200 drives. In the
future I want to fill the other 8 SATA bays with 2tb drives.
I dont have a lot of experience with ZFS, but it was my first thought for handing my data. In the past I have used a Linux software RAID.
OpenSolaris or FreeBSD with ZFS?
I would probably have questions, is this a place to ask?
Can anyone provide advice, thoughts, etc?
Best,
-Jason
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