[OpenIndiana-discuss] Another [OT] Hardware Post

[McBofh]

On 23/02/11 03:40 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Russ Price<rjp_sun at fubegra.net>  writes:
>
>> I'm running an ASUS M4A785-M with an Intel SASUC8I HBA, and it's been
>> flawless with OpenSolaris b134, OI 147, and OI 148. I was a bit cheap
>> with the RAM, with 4x1GB sticks of ECC RAM, but it has performed well
>> for me. I'm using all six onboard SATA ports, all eight ports on the
>> HBA, and a SiI 3112-based two-port SATA card in the PCIe X1 slot.
>
> Sorry to be dense here but what is an HBA, I'm pretty sure the google
> hits:
>
>    Hawaii Baptist Academy
> or
>   Healthcare Businesswomen's Association
>
> Are not the right ones :)

Host Bus Adapter. And if you see HCA, it's a Host Channel Adapter

McB