PCIe SATA HBA for ZFS on -STABLE

[Steven Hartland]

Areca's work well. The ARC-1220 (8 ports) should do you, not the cheapest but
good support and performance.

    Regards
    Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Thyer" <matt.thyer at gmail.com>
To: <stable at freebsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2011 1:48 PM
Subject: PCIe SATA HBA for ZFS on -STABLE


> I'm not on the -STABLE list so please reply to me.
> 
> I'm using an Intel Core i3-530 on a Gigabyte H55M-D2H motherboard with 8 x
> 2TB drives & 2 x 1TB drives.
> The plan is to have the 1 TB drives in a zmirror and the 8 in a raidz2.
> 
> Now the Intel chipset has only 6 on board SATA II ports so ideally I'm
> looking for a non RAID SATA II HBA to give me 6 extra ports (4 min).
> Why 6 extra ?
> Well the case I'm using has 2 x eSATA ports so 6 would be ideal, 5 OK, and 4
> the minimum I need to do the job.
> 
> So...
> 
> What do people recommend for 8-STABLE as a PCIe SATA II HBA for someone
> using ZFS ?
> 
> Not wanting to break the bank.
> Not interested in SATA III 6GB at this time... though it could be useful if
> I add an SSD for... (is it ZIL ?).
> Can this be added at any time ?
> 
> The main issue is I need at least 10 ports total for all existing drives...
> ZIL would require 11 so ideally we are talking a 6 port HBA.
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