searching raid 6 card working with fedora 23

Wed Feb 3 09:15:51 UTC 2016

I think i misunderstood what you guys said about jbod (my fault for reading
quickly), i talked about the jbod feature, not a hardware piece.
My disks are sitting in my desktop, if i buy an external storage for the
disks i might as well build a nas, which is what i do not want, i'm looking
for internal connection not external.

was crawlking lsi and highpoint cards, cards between 200 to 300+$$, not
really what i call cheaper stuff that's aimed at Winblows users ;)

2016-02-02 22:18 GMT+01:00 Rick Stevens <ricks at alldigital.com>:

> On 02/02/2016 11:51 AM, thibaut noah wrote:
>
>> @roberto : would love to but i can't. I have only 3 sata ports available
>> on my motherboard, otherwise i would be running zfs already. :/
>> I don't have any choice here, either i buy a compatible raid card or a
>> hba card (or buying an expensive nas lol)
>>
>> @gordon : The number of atx motherboard dedicated to gamers with ecc
>> compatibility is close to none.
>> Since i am no exception (no ecc support) i will not change my
>> motherboard for this, never had an issue and i had  3+ To of datas for
>> almost 5years, would be pointless to change my motherboard now anyway
>> since i'm waiting for kubylake.
>> The basic consumer just follow the trend, if constructors don't feel
>> like we need it they won't put us fancy features.
>>
>> I'll look at your links thanks. Already did look for specific chipset
>> that are good with zfs but almost every list is too old, seems that
>> every time a brand is building something that works they don't change it
>> for like 10years or something.
>>
>> Ah ! That's how you call it in english, didn't know, well that's what
>> i'm looking for, already have the mini-sas to sata cable.
>> I'm talking about passing your disks as jbod with an hba card, since you
>> will not rely on some hardware card ram and processor my logic (and some
>> tests i found online) tells me it will be faster.
>>
>> @rick : was looking for hba already but everytime i find a good card i
>> have to mail the tech support of the constructor to check if it will run
>> with my kernel, such a pain...
>>
>
> If you stick with one of the "major players" (e.g. Dell, HP, IBM,
> Adaptec, Emulex) and you're willing to pay a bit more, you'll probably
> be just fine. Example:
>
>
> http://accessories.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=342-0910
>
> 6Gbps dual-port SAS2 HBA, about $200 US, and I can pretty much guarantee
> it'll work with your kernel. Couple that to a JBOD and some drives and
> you're good to go.
>
> If you stick with the cheaper stuff that's aimed at Winblows users,
> you'll have a much harder time. While you may not think of it this way,
> you're encroaching on "SOHO" (small home and office) territory, at least
> as far as the manufacturers are concerned, and that's sorta where you
> have to look.
>
> I'd suggest spending your money on a decent HBA, and prowl eBay for
> a JBOD (there's lots out there and on the used market, they're rather
> cheap). The JBOD itself isn't a big deal--as long as it's compatible
> with your HBA. The drives you use IN the JBOD are important.
>
> Just my $0.02. It's your data, you know how secure you need it and what
> you can spend.
>
> 2016-02-02 19:18 GMT+01:00 Rick Stevens <ricks at alldigital.com
>> <mailto:ricks at alldigital.com>>:
>>
>>     On 02/02/2016 10:04 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
>>
>>         On 02/02/2016 08:43 AM, thibaut noah wrote:
>>
>>
>>     <snip>
>>
>>
>>         I think I'm talking about the cases you mentioned in an earlier
>>         email. A
>>         lot of HBAs have a single cable connection, such as a mini-SAS
>>         connection, that connects to a board (a backplane) that sits at
>>         the back
>>         of the drive bays, on which the power and data connections for the
>>         drives are mounted.
>>
>>
>>     Otherwise known as a JBOD ("just a bunch of disks"). There are tons of
>>     JBODs out there. Google search for "JBOD" or "storage arrays". I even
>>     see an HP enclosure for $250 US from HardDrives Direct.
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