On 30/07/2013 13:29, Jim Klimov wrote: > On 2013-07-30 12:48, Piotr May wrote: >>>> DELL PowerEdge R720xd, OI ver oi_151a7 >>> >>> These boxes ship with Dell's PERC H310 and H710 controllers which are >>> not supported in the older oi_151a7. You're going to have to use >>> something newer like oi_151a8 or go to the latest stable OmniOS. > > Ah, yes, also a typical warning for "newcomers" to ZFS-based OSes:Don't > really trust in hardware RAID when you have ZFS. > > If your HBAs can provide raw access to the disks (in IT mode, > possibly after reflashing) - better do go this way. In some cases > it was found better to forfeit integrated RAID controllers and > buy a simple JBOD(IT) HBA instead, at all.
The H310 supports JBOD, the H710 doesn't. Piotr didn't tell us which one he used, so I considered both possibilities. Cheers, -- Saso _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
