[OpenIndiana-discuss] sata hba choice

[Jason J. W. Williams]

We've had a ton of issues with expanders causing resets. A side benefit, is
we get the full IO bandwidth available to each drive.

-J

On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Sašo Kiselkov <skiselkov.ml at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 08/24/2012 05:59 PM, Jason J. W. Williams wrote:
> > We use the LSI 9211-8i SAS/SATA controllers with the IT (direct attach)
> > firmware. We do have to reflash but it works quite well. We're stuffing 3
> > of them into 2U 24 drive (2.5in) Supermicro chasses with the direct
> attach
> > (no SAS expanders) backplane. Been very solid for us.
>
> Why not use the SAS expanders? I've yet to see any problems with them
> and it tremendously reduces cable clutter.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Saso
>