[rescue] RAID on Solaris x86

Sridhar Ayengar ploopster at gmail.com
Thu May 15 12:44:02 CDT 2008


Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Earl D. Baugh Jr. wrote:
>> I don't know about Open Solaris, but I just got (for free... yes, 
>> "SCORE" )
>> an LSI 8 channel SAS PCI-X RAID Controller... and it has Solaris drivers.
>> Definitely something I wouldn't have budget for without the "free" 
>> part 8-)
>> (I didn't check to see if they were x86 or Sparc yet, as it went into 
>> an Intel
>> motherboard...the first I got that will support a quad core processor...
>> and has 12 USB ports....)
>>
>> Helps to have a friend who's a VP at LSI 8-)
> 
> Sir,
> You inhale with great vigor.  :)
> 
> The system I'm working with here has two PCI-X slots.  I don't suppose 
> you could find out for me what a pair of those controllers would cost 
> me...?  What's the model number, to check against the Sol10 x86 HCL?

Don't they also make a 16-channel?  I know a bunch of the other 
manufacturers do.

Peace...  Sridhar



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