[OpenIndiana-discuss] Low low end server

[Jim Klimov]

On 2014-02-09 22:35, Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote:
> I don't know if it affects your setup, but I thought the 9211 was 6Gbps SAS
> only, and 3Gbps SATA. Are your disks SAS? I'm not familiar with any drives
> that WD makes being SAS, but maybe it was just the environment I was in
> didn't use them.

Well, WD nowadays makes a lot of drives. HGST (formerly Hitachi Global 
Storage Technologies) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Digital
for the past year or two, as I learned while shopping for this box ;)

As for the controller speeds... I did not see such information about
the speed limits, so I can take your words "as is". Anyhow, this is
the setup which works with no hiccups and I am content with it. Much
better than that older attempt, which was a decent PC and I've spent
years with it (working, coding, playing, etc.) - but happened to be
a disgrace of a server, which managed to keep losing data even with
ZFS underneath. Although, trying to unravel those mysteries is what
got me onto the illumos/OI/zfs lists, and did provide lots of learning
experience about how things are made "under the hood". Not all is bad :)

Thanks,
//Jim