SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

[Kenneth D. Merry]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 23:28:08 +0200, Leon Me?ner wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 01:42:07PM -0700, Freddie Cash wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 2:34 AM, Kurt Jaeger <lists at c0mplx.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > What kind of SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller is currently suggested
> > > for use in 8/9 setups with large RAM (64G) setups with ZFS ?
> > >
> > 
> > SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8i
> > 
> > PCIe controller with 2 multi-lane connectors (SFF-1087) supporting 8
> > SAS/SATA ports.  Supports two firmwares:
> >   IR mode enables RAID0, RAID1, RAID10 and a couple of other modes (no
> > RAID5+)
> >   IT mode enables straight HBA mode
> > 
> > Supported by the mps(4) driver in FreeBSD 9-CURRENT, and I believe has been
> > MFC'd into 8.2-STABLE.
> 
> Yes, it's in -STABLE. Does anyone know if mps is going to support
> IR-Firmware in the near future ? 

LSI has a driver that supports it, they're just trying to get it approved
by their legal folks so they can release it.

Unfortunately there is no way to know how long that will take.

Ken
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Kenneth Merry
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