opensolaris - zfs PCI-e sata controller
Time for me to add some more sata ports to my opensolaris build. I’ve been using the SI 3114 PCI cards (4x sata) up until now without any issue, but they are limited by the bandwidth on the PCI slot. Time to upgrade and boost my performance.
At the moment i’m looking at grabbing one of these UIO cards;
http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-USAS-L8i.cfm
From what iv’e been reading these cards will work fine in a PCI-e slot (8x / 16x) after a bit of modding and display the drives straight to opensolaris without any additional drivers etc. (same chipset used in various sun servers)