sanity check: is 9211-8i, on 8.3, with IT firmware still "the one"

[Freddie Cash]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 4:08 PM, John Kozubik <john at kozubik.com> wrote:
> We're about to invest heavily in a new ZFS infrastructure, and our plans are
> to:
>
> - wait for 8.3, with the updated 6gbps mps driver
> - Install and use LSI 9211-8i cards with newest "IT" firmware
>
> This appears to be the de facto standard for ZFS HBAs ...
>
> Is there any reason to consider other cards/vendors ?

We're using the SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8i controllers with great
success, via the mps driver in 8.2-STABLE (originally, when we
installed the box), now running 9.0-RELEASE.  WIth the 9.0 IT
firmware.  Haven't tried the 10.0 firmware yet.

We're currently only using ZFS for storing backups (compression,
dedupe, and snapshots are perfect for this).  But we have plans to use
similar hardware as these boxes as SAN/NAS boxes for VM servers.

-- 
Freddie Cash
fjwcash at gmail.com