[OpenIndiana-discuss] Sun Fire

[Ben Taylor]

x4540s use the LSI controller.  We got an upgrade on our x4500 because of
systemic problems with our Raid-z setup and the Marvel controllers and the
drivers (This has been several years, maybe 4)


On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Gary Gendel <gary at genashor.com> wrote:

> On 06/21/2013 11:56 AM, Peter Tribble wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Gary Gendel <gary at genashor.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I have a possibility of picking up a decommissioned X4340 (thumper)
>>>
>>
>> Hm. An X4340 is some sort of power transfer unit.
>>
>> Thumper = X4500
>>
>> Thor = X4540
>>
>
> Whoops, it's the X4540
>
>
>>
>>  w/o disks
>>>
>>
>> That's the killer. These boxes are very fussy about the drives that work;
>> the
>> real value of them now is for the disks they contain, you're going to have
>> trouble getting drives (and it's going to cost).
>>
> Interesting.  I thought they used the same Marvell MV88SX6081 8-port
> controllers I picked up for the v20z.  I've been using that for modern WD
> and Seagate SATA drives without issue.
>
>
>>
>>  to replace my aging V20z ( and multiple external drive stacks cheap.  It
>>> looks like it should be supported by looking at the HCL.
>>>
>>> Is there any gotchas I should be aware of before I commit to purchase?
>>>  Is
>>> there something more modern I should be looking at instead?
>>>
>>>  Probably look at something more modern, and something sized to suit.
>> It really needs to be full of 48 drives, only a couple of models are
>> supported,
>> and they're all getting a bit old.
>>
> Just looking for something cheap and big enough for at least 8 drives.  I
> currently have two 5-drive external cases.  Since I haven't gotten the sata
> multiplexers to work, I have all 8 sata cables running out of the marvell
> controller directly to each drive, my own personal octopus.  Can't get much
> more of a kludge than that.
>
> Gary
>
>
>
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