[OpenIndiana-discuss] Suggestions for SATA HBAs

[Chris Mosetick]

Recently, (about 2 months age) I had terribly experiences while testing a
PCI and PCI-X cards that both used sil3124 chipsets.  It seems that the
driver is in serious need of an update to work with these cards properly.
You can create pools and file systems, but don't try to move any data larger
than 1gig over to the pool, as the machine will kernel panic, and go into a
state of constant reboots until you remove the card and/or the disks
connected to it.

-Chris

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 4:57 AM, Christopher Chan <
christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:

> On Monday, December 13, 2010 01:50 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for PCI-E x1 SATA HBAs - any suggestions on ones that
>> would work out of the box with OpenIndiana and related distros? I've
>> been tracking chipsets as they come out for other things, but not
>> storage.
>>
>> I hope to repurpose my current desktop as a file server and general
>> purpose server in a home hobbyist setting. Are there any other options
>> besides x8 PCI-E HBAs out there? I'm not sure what current Silicon
>> Image controllers work.
>>
>>
> What's wrong with SIL3124 controllers?
>
>
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